Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill men aged 100, 90, 70 in Plateau

A 100-year-old man, Ahmadu Hwie, and two others were killed by gunmen that attacked Huke, a rural settlement in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Saturday.
The other two killed by the attackers that burnt 10 houses were Hwie Odo, 90, and Gado Kondo, 70.
According to Terna Tyopev, the spokesman of the Plateau State Police Command, the deceased were killed in their houses by the invaders that stormed the village in the night.
Tyopev said a Police patrol team was moving around Rafi-Bauna in Jebbu-Miango area when it received a distress call from Huke village.
He said: “The team received a report that a gang of armed men, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, were killing people and burning down houses at Huke village in Miango Chiefdom of Bassa Local Government Area.
“On receipt of the information, the patrol team rushed to the area, but could not apprehend the attackers as they took to their heels on sighting our patrol vehicle.”
Tyopev said more security men had been deployed to the area to forestall further attacks.
He said: “The attackers have adopted Guerrilla tactics: they hit and run.
“What we have done is to deploy more men to ensure a more robust patrol in the affected areas.”
Tyopev said operatives of the State Investigation Bureau had been deployed to the area to source for information that would lead to the arrest of perpetrators of the persistent attacks.