Suspected Herdsmen Kill Sixteen Persons In Jos North, Riyom LGAs
The assault in Dong village of Jos North happened at about eight p.m. on Sunday as the village got here below siege with sporadic gunshots.
The Village Head, Daniel Choji advised Channels Television that the attackers got here beneath the cowl of darkness to unleash terror on the community. He stated the assault left eight individuals lifeless comprising of 5 females, two males, and an infant.
In some other assault in Kwi village of Riyom Local Government place simply about a kilometre distance to the Yakubu Gowon Airport, the attackers invaded the neighborhood on Sunday night time leaving eight humans dead and one injured.
The member representing the Constituency in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Timothy Dantong validated to Channels Television that 4 men and 4 women had been killed in the attack.
He described the assault as barbaric, dispassionate and inhuman. He additionally referred to as on safety operatives to stay up to their obligations through responding to misery calls until now and make sure that perpetrators of the heinous acts are apprehended accordingly.
In a assertion from the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Gabriel Ubah, the command obtained a misery name from the neighborhood and answered with the deployment of a mixed group of protection personnel an Assistant Commissioner of Police to repel the attackers.
He introduced that safety personnel have been deployed to the affected areas to stop the breakdown of regulation and order.