Gunmen kill 21 people in Plateau communities
Gunmen have killed 21 people in Baton and Rayogot, Heipang district, Barkin Ladi LGA of Plateau.
Rwang Tengwong, the Berom Youth Movement (BYM) spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
Mr Tengwong said the attack on the communities occurred at 1:26 a.m. on Thursday, leaving seven other people wounded.
Mr Tengwong, who decried the unprovoked attacks in some parts of the state, called on government and security agencies to rise to the challenge and end arbitrary killings in Plateau.
”Twenty-one persons have been killed in an attack in two different villages in Heipang district of Barkin Ladi. The attackers, who came around 1:26 a.m., killed 17 persons at Batin of Heipang town while four others were killed at Rayogot,” the statement explained.
It added, ”Seven other persons sustained various degrees of injuries.”
The spokesperson, however, called on residents of the communities to remain calm and be law-abiding.
In a swift reaction to the incident, Governor Caleb Mutfwang condemned the attacks and called security agencies to fish out the perpetrators and bring them to book.
Mutfwang’s condemnation of the act and order to security agencies is contained in a statement issued in Jos by Gyang Bere, the governor’s spokesman.
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