Confirming the incident, the Plateau State Police Command spokesman , Terna Tyopev said “The attack took place around 7.30 p.m.; the villagers were returning home from a local market when gunmen waylaid them, killing 11 people instantly.”The police spokesman said those injured have been taken to Christian Hospital, Vom.
Tyopev added: “No arrest has been made, but we are already investigating the incident; we shall not rest until the
attackers are fished out.”
Tyopev appealed to the affected community to be calm and resist the temptation to take the law into their hands, adding that more security personnel had been deployed to secure the area.He however assured that the force would do everything possible to bring the perpetrators to book.
It would be important to note that the Tuesday attack is the latest in a series of violence visited on rural communities in Plateau State in the past few weeks.
Among communities that had come under heavy attacks are Wereh, Foron and Rim in Barkin Ladi Local Government, as well as Miango, Jebu, Taegbe and Ncha in Bassa Local Government.
The state, which suffered massive violence for more than a decade, enjoyed uninterrupted peace for two years before the gunmen returned in September.