Jos: UGM kill seven people
Unknown gunmen have attacked Dong in Jos South local government area on Sunday, killing seven persons.
According to the police, the UGM fled when a team of policemen, soldiers, and vigilantes arrived in the village.
“At about 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, we received a distress call that gunmen invaded Dong Village and killed seven persons,” the police spokesman in Plateau, Ubah Ogaba, said in a statement issued on Monday in Jos.
He added, “A combined team of policemen, operatives of the ‘Operation Safe Haven,’ and vigilantes, raced to the scene, but the hoodlums had fled into the bush.
“Investigation is ongoing. Frantic efforts are on to arrest the fleeing suspects.
“Meanwhile, security has been beefed up in that area to prevent escalation of violence or reprisal.”
Mr Ogaba called on members of the public with useful information on the whereabouts of the criminals to report to security agencies.
He also advised residents of the community to be law-abiding, insisting that the security agencies would do everything to fish out the perpetrators.
(NAN)
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