BREAKING: Gunmen Run Riot, Kill Seven Persons in Plateau
- At least seven villages have lost their lives in a late-night attack by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in Plateau state
- The tragic incident happened in Dong village, Jos South local government area
- ASP. Gabriel Ubah, the spokesman of the state police command has confirmed the incident and given fresh details
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Some unknown gunmen on Sunday night, May 23, invaded Dong village in Plateau state, killing at least seven persons.
The assailants were alleged to have suddenly invaded the village and shoot sporadically, The Nation reported.
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The spokesman of the Plateau state police command, Gabriel Ubah, has confirmed the incident, stated The Cable.
He was quoted to have said:
“On Sunday 23/05/2021 at about 2000hrs, the Command received a distress call that yet to be identified gunmen came out suddenly from a nearby bush, invaded Dong Village, Jos South LGA and killed seven persons."
The police spokesman said a combined team of policemen, STF, vigilante operatives was immediately mobilised to the scene but the hoodlums had already fled back into the bush.
According to him, investigations are ongoing and frantic effort is on to arrest the fleeing suspects.
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Usman Baba, the acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), put the commissioners of police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Plateau state on the alert over possible attacks by Boko Haram members.
This was contained in a circular dated Wednesday, May 19, 2021, and addressed to the two commissioners of police and signed by the principal staff officer to the IGP, Idowu Owohunwa.
The acting IGP directed the commissioners of police to review their security architecture and beef up security around government facilities particularly in Abuja and Jos.
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In other news, the governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, has described the act of tagging particular tribes in Nigeria as being criminal in nature as divisive and detrimental to national growth.
Governor Lalong in a statement issued by Makut Macham, his director of press and public affairs, on Wednesday, May 19, noted that for peace and unity to reign, the trend of profiling of criminals along ethnic, religious, and political lines must be eschewed.
He said since Nigeria is diverse with people of different backgrounds, it will always be unfair to see any tribe through the lens of ethnic prejudice.
Source: Legit.ng
