By Israel Adamu,Jos
Gunmen again stormed some communities in Plateau state and killed a community leader in Agwom Mazat in Barakin-Ladi local government area of the state .
It was also gathered that seven other persons were killed in Mangu and Riyom councils.
Sources in Barakin-Ladi local government told newsmen that the community leader was shot dead in the early hours of Tuesday while working on his farm with other persons.
The source said that ” The Community leader Agwom Mazat was gunned down on his farm in the early hours of today at about 10 35 a.m.
The gunmen shot him at close range and made sure he died before they ran away.
He was the only one killed, while other persons working with him on the farm escaped unhurt.
“The entire Mazat has been thrown into mourning; the attack on him was a big surprise to us. We want to believe that the militias had been monitoring him and the community before they struck.”
Also in a related development ,Sohon Kareng community of Kareng District of Mangu local government came under attack at about 8:40 p.m. on Monday as Gunmen stormed the community and held citizens hostage for more than thirty minutes by shooting and destroying properties.
An eyewitness disclosed that five people were killed in the attack, including a man and his wife, adding that the militias also set houses on fire and destroyed farms before they disappeared.
It was gathered that the militias came to the community through the Swan Water Bottling Company in Kerang with sophisticated weapons to unleash terror on the community.
Another set gunmen equally invaded Wereng-Camp and Wereng in the Riyom local government area of the state, where two people were killed on their farms.
It was gathered that the attackers raided the two communities simultaneously and killed the two people identified as Nas Chuwang and Amos Dung, both of whom were twenty years of age, while eighteen others were injured.
When contacted by the Spokesman of the Plateau State Police Command, DSP Alfred Alabo said he had not heard of the attack but would confirm it with the DPO of the affected local government and get back to our correspondent.
