Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed 12 people in an attack on Kuru community in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The attack, which occurred about 10:30pm on Sunday night, June 13, also left five others severely injured.
Chairman of Jos South Local Government, Hon Gideon Dandereng, who visited the scene confirmed the attack to journalists in Jos on Monday, June 14.
They narrated that the assailants stormed the community at about 9pm on Sunday and began to fire sporadic gunshots.
Residents noted that thereafter, the gunmen went to some houses where they shot at the occupants, leading to the death of some with others injured.
They said following the attack, the injured victims were taken to a primary healthcare facility within the community for medical attention.
Dandereng condemned the unwarranted attack on peace-loving and hardworking citizens and appealed to the community to allow the security do their work.
Police authorities in Plateau confirmed the incident, but they gave a lesser number of those killed by the gunmen.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Gabriel Ubah, noted that the command received a report that 10 persons were shot dead.
He explained that the persons were killed at a drinking joint in Sabon Layi in Kuru by yet-to-be-identified gunmen who drove in a Hilux van and shot sporadically.
Ubah stated;
We had an incident in Jos South LGA. 10 persons, unfortunately, lost their lives but I am yet to get reports on the attack in Bassa. The Plateau State Police Command received a report that 10 persons were shot dead in a drinking joint at Sabon Layi, Kuru in Jos South LGA by yet to be identified gunmen who drove in with a Hilux and shot sporadically.
He added;
Personnel of the Command and the military have been deployed in the affected area. The Commissioner of Police has ordered an immediate investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the killing and to bring the perpetrators of that dastardly act to book.
Meanwhile, Musa Bagos, lawmaker representing Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, was among those who visited the community where residents narrated their ordeal in the unprovoked attack.
He condemned the heinous crime which he described as an attack too many, stressing the need to stop the trend to prevent the further killings of innocent people in villages in the state.
Also, Management Committee Chairman of Jos South LGA, Gideon Davou, who was also at the scene, appealed to the residents to allow the security agencies to carry out a proper investigation into the incident.
He also urged members of the community to remain calm and not resort to reprisals with an assurance that the state government would ensure that the perpetrators of the heinous crime were apprehended.
The Chairman also called on security operatives to go after the perpetrators as the killings can’t continue.
Records of casualties Deaths/injured below:
1). Mr. Darap Ayuba Rap(aka Faa).
2). Mr. Stephen Ayuba Rap (Younger brother to number 1).
3). Mr. Ibrahim Monday Dong(aka IBB).
4. Mr. Feng Gyang Dalong.
5. Mr. Davou Matthew.
6. Mrs Naomi Samuel Mwankon.
7. Miss Kaneng Dung.
8. Mr. Davou Pam.
9. James Fom( aka Gang-Loh. Resident of Kuru from Rim).
10. Mr. Gyang Juma.
11. Mr. David Dalyop( Resident of Kuru from Rim)
12. Chigwuze Emmanuel Paul (Resident of Kuru, an Igbo Man).
Other injured persons are:
1). Miss Abigail Chuhwak.(from Wat Kuru).
2). Mrs Kangyang John.(from Kushe Kuru)
3). Mrs Joy Sallau.(Resident of Kuru from Lantang).
4). Mrs. Grace Dachung (From Kushe kuru).
5). Mr. Simon Mwangwong Jama (Kushe).
See some photos of those attacked below;
