No
fewer than 13 people were killed Tuesday night killed at Jol village
of Riyom local government area of Plateau State, the Management
Committee Chairman, Mr. Emmanuel Jugul confirmed.
The
attack was carried out by Fulani herders and the victims were given
mass burial on Wednesday afternoon.
According
to Jugul, “The people were gotten unawares as usual, they started
shooting sporadically and when people were running helter shelter,
some of them were met on the road and killed. The incident happened
between 9pm and 10pm on Tuesday. There has been no arrest done nobody
is saying unknown gunmen, the people know those who attacked them,
they are Fulani herdsmen. 10 persons including women and children
have been given mass burial, three other bodies have just been
discovered.”
It
was gathered that “Tanjol hamlet and other hamlets in Jol
community have been under siege by Fulani herdsmen since Saturday. On
that day, they invaded the villages three times but by divine
intervention, only one life was lost.
A
native said: “I
just returned from the village today (Wednesday). Since that
Saturday, nobody has rested, the heavy gunshots rented the air as
armed Fulani herdsmen terrorized the locals. There was even a meeting
between Fulani and the security personnel at Sector 9. Immediately
after the meeting, they resumed the attacks. We sent calls to the
security but they did not come for help, those that were on ground
deserted their post and at the end, 13 people including a baby were
killed.”
Spokesman
of the State Police Command, Mathias Tyopev said “there was an
attack there and as we speak, our men are at Rim because there was a
distress call from there. We need to give the men on ground time to
put their reports together.”
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