Hoodlums Go On killing Spree, Kills Four In Plateau Community

Four people were killed by hoodlums armed with guns in Gundum village, Mangu Local Government, Plateau State.

According to Shedrack Gambo, a relative of the victims, four people were killed in the attack, while others were injured.

“Four persons died in the attack and others were injured. The community is in shock and grieving. Please, pray for us,” he said.

Confirming the ordeal to The Nation in Jos Yesterday, the Spokesman for the Military Task Force, Captain James Oya said:

“I have called the commander of the FOB and he confirmed the figure. He explained that when the troops got to the village, it was like the assailants went there for a specific person, with the village head as the target.

“According to what the troops were told, the assailants on arrival were asking for the house of the village head. When the people saw what was happening, they started running away,” he said.

According to him, the bandits razed the house of the village head with his family members inside before troops who were alerted rescued the victims.

Oya said: “The village head also escaped, but the assailants set his house ablaze. But for the intervention of the soldiers, the wives of the village head and his children, who were locked inside the house, would have died because the house was still on fire when the troops got there and everywhere was filled with smoke.”

He added that the troops had to break into the house and rescue the people.

Also condemning the incident, the Governor Caleb Mutfwang sent in a condolence message, he sympathised with the affected families, decrying the barbaric and unacceptable nature of the orchestrated attack.