Plateau attack: Gunmen kill soldier and 12 others

Iweha said, “We did not wake up and just go to an area to arrest people; the area has been under surveillance for a long time and it should have been a joint operation with the Nigerian Immigration Service but there were contending issues so we had to move swiftly to operate alone because of the independence day and Sallah celebrations.

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen yesterday killed no fewer than 13 people including a solider when they attacked Lwa, Dum, Rachit and Dyang villages in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. Confirming the report spokesperson for the Special Task Force, Capt. Ikedichi Iweha, who confirmed the attack, said, “We are still carrying out a mop-up operation and have not been able to establish the casualty figure.” Iweha, however, said that the task force had arrested 82 suspects mostly of Cameroonian, Nigerien and Chadian origins in Jos North Local Government Area of the state. He said that the suspects were arrested within Rikkos community which has been under surveillance due to its high concentration of foreigners.