Nine Killed in Fresh Plateau Attack
The Police in Plateau State has announced that, nine persons were killed yesterday night attack on Angwan-Waran in Riyom Local Government Area of the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, Chris Olakpe, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria revealed the attackers had fled the area before the arrival of security agents.
Olakpe said the police and other personnel of the Special Task Force maintaining the peace in the state had stepped in and restored normalcy to the area.
“To check against recurrence, the police and the STF have deployed a team of security personnel to the village, while efforts are on to apprehend the attackers,” he added.
The police boss advised members of the public to help security agencies with any piece of information that could lead to the arrest of the attackers.
The STF Media Officer, Captain Salisu Mustapha, who also confirmed the attack, said the invaders also burnt down houses in the village before escaping adding three persons arrested in connection with the incident were found with arms and ammunition suspected to have been used for the attack.
“We are interrogating the suspects,” he said.