Thugs Amputate Traditional Leader In Plateau

Plateau state is on fire of late. On Sunday, suspected Muslim herdsmen raided some Christian villages with guns and then burned down homes and churches leaving at least 70 Christians dead in their wake.Also, a traditional leader in the state was found dead on Sunday with his limbs amputated.

The leader who is the Galadima of Saluwe in Wase local government area of Plateau state also works as a security guard in the Wase local government secretariat, Nigerian Pilot reports.

The Galadima, 62-year-old Isiaka Adamu, was lynched by thugs said the Plateau State Youth Council (PSYC) chairman for Wase, Yusuf Mohammed Wase.

The leader was found dead on his farm which is close to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after leaving very early in the morning to go work on the farm. He was later found

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14 People Killed in Early Morning Attack in Jos

 14 people were brutally murdered by suspected herdsmen on Wednesday morning in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau state.

The assailants reports say raided three villages in the early hours of Wednesday, armed with dangerous weapons while the villagers were still asleep; killing and destroying their properties.

According to reports, the attack came following an incident on Tuesday in which three people were killed in neighbouring Barkin Ladi Local Government Area.

Speaking on the attack, representative of Barkin Ladi/Riyom federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr Simon Mwadkom said four members of a family were shot at close range in Dallyam village, in Tahoss district and several others were injured.

During the attack however, another set of terrorists killed eight people in Ranghol in Sopp ward of the local government, and another two were murdered in Lotton village of the same local government.

Mwadkom accused Fulani herdsmen for the attacks which were well organized and executed simultaneously in the three affected villages.

Public Relations Officer of the Plateau State Police command, DSP Emmanuel Abuh confirmed the attack. He however said only six people were killed in the attack.

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Bomb explosion rocks Jos football viewing centre

An unspecified number of people sustained injuries on Tuesday nite in a bomb blast close to a football viewing centre in Tudun Wada, Jos.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that most of the injuries resulted from stampede as the soccer enthusiasts ran for safety.

Plateau State Commissioner of Police Dipo Ayeni, who confirmed the incident said that no death was recorded.

“Those injured have been rushed to the Plateau Specialist hospital,” he said.

NAN reports that the bomb went off by the road side, minutes after the end of the UEFA semi final match between Chelsea FC and Barcelona FC.

An eye witness, Hosea Daniel, a security man with NAN, said that among the injured were petty traders selling by the roadside.

Tuesday’s bomb is the third in Jos, targeted at soccer fans during high profile European matches. (NAN)

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25 killed in Jos violence, get mass burial

163 alleged to have killed 25 in Barkin
 Ladi Local Government, Plateau State

Twenty five people killed in the renewed violence in Barkin Ladi LGA of Plateau State were yesterday given a mass burial at Takwok village where most of them were killed on Wednesday night.

Over 500 displaced people are also seeking refuge at the Barkin Ladi town following the violence which necessitated the imposition of a curfew in the council.

Also on Friday, the Special Task Force (STF) maintaining security in the state paraded 163 suspects arrested in connection with the violence.

STF spokesman, Captain Charles Ekeocha who paraded them said six of the suspects arrested in connection with the killing of a police inspector, his wife and daughter in the violence, have been handed over to the police for investigations. He said several arms and ammunition including AK-47 rifles, daggers, and other dangerous weapons were recovered from the suspects. He attributed the immediate cause of the fresh hostilities to the rustling of about 20 cows on Sunday night which resulted in the killing of three youths who were returning to their village the same day.

In a separate development, a student of the Plateau State Polytechnic, Heipang, was shot when the convoy of the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petirin, ran into a road block mounted by the students.

The students who were protesting the hit on one of them by a motorist had put barricades on the road to prevent vehicular movement when the convoy of the defence chief ran into them.

Soldiers in Petirin’s convoy were said to have shot into the air to disperse the students and in the ensuring mêlée, one of the students was hit by a bullet and he died instantly.

Meanwhile, loud wails rent the air as the deceased which included four children of the Councillor representing the area in the local council Mr Pam Choji who were killed during the attack on the village were buried.

Choji told journalists that his children and three other members of his household were killed during Wednesday night’s attack, adding that it was difficult to ascertain the number of people killed during the attack as the assailants shot sporadically.

He said two more bodies were discovered on Friday in a mining pond into which the bodies were thrown after they were killed adding, “as we go along the bush path, we discover more bodies.”

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