Gunmen Kill Five Persons In Plateau Community

Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have killed five persons in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State.

According to punch, that the attack occurred in the Mbar community on Sunday night, September 15, 2024.

The victims who were mainly youths were attacked on their way from Mbar town to Koh village along a bypass encircling Yelwa Nono village between 7. pm and 7.30 pm by terrorists who were fleeing on motorcycles after they were initially engaged by the military from the surrounding mountains.

Farmasun Fuddang, the Chairman of Bokkos Cultural Development Council Vanguard, confirmed the incident on Monday in a statement jointly signed by the association’s Secretary, Duwam Bosco.

He said:

“We wish to condemn in the strongest terms the tragic killing of five innocent young men in the Mbar community on September 15 (Saturday), despite prior intelligence reports of suspected terrorists’ influx into the area.”