28 killed, houses razed as gunmen overrun Plateau villages

There seems to be no end to the bloodletting  in Plateau State  as  over  28   people were said to have been killed while dozens of houses completely razed in two communities of  Da Jak and Attakar of  Ganawuri district  of Riyom LGA  when unknown gunmen  stormed the villages  at the early hours of Tuesday.
Among the dead was  a police coporal serving with the Plateau State Police Command. He  was reported to have been shot dead by the  unknown gun men, .
It was gathered that the police man, identified as Coporal Jibril, was deployed on a patrol together with his other colleaques to the crises area of Ganawuri village of Riyom Local Government Area of the State.


A source who spoke to our correspondent said residents of the two communities were completely sacked and the entire houses razed down.

Confirming the incidence, member representing Riyom Constituency in the state house of assembly, Mr. Daniel Dem, told our correspondent that dozens of persons where feared killed but he could not tell the the number of those killed

The lawmaker who  described the attack as sad ,  said  both  villages  had been under siege by suspected fulani militia since last week

Dem  also accused  the Special task force deployed to restore  law and order in the LGA as been part of the problems

He said,”My people are been killed every day and yet the special task force is not doing anything about it. I am calling for the  withdrawal of the STF since the are not capable of handling the crisis that has been rocking the state for a long time

The State Commissioner of Police Mr. Chris Olakpe, who confirmed the incident,  said  that the officer was shot  while on a peace mission to the area

He said that no arrest was made of the suspected gun men, adding  that his men are carrying out investigation into the matter.