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
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The traditional rulers made the allegations at a stakeholders meeting on security, organised by the Plateau Police Command on Wednesday in Jos.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Undie Adie, made the pledge in Jos on Wednesday at a stakeholders’ meeting on ways to address the incessant clashes between farmers and herdsmen.
The spokesman of the Plateau State Police Command, Terna Tyopev, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Jos
The police confirmed the development
Natives of Ncha village of Bassa Local Government Area where on September 17 thrown into mourning as attackers killed about 20 persons there.
Sunday Abdu, the National President, Irigwe Community Development Association, made the call at a press briefing on Monday in Jos
This was contained in a statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Monday
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the attackers, who invaded the village at midnight, killed six persons and injured scores of others
The killings took place a day after Governor Simon Lalong imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the local government as part of measures to curtail the attacks on the villagers
Sources from the village indicated that the assailants invaded the village at night, shot many people and ran into the bush
A family source told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos that the gunmen invaded the house of the deceased at about 1am on Friday and killed the traditional ruler
The government, in a statement signed by Emmanuel Nanle, the Director of Press Affairs, said the action was to avert a further breakdown of law and order
Its Commissioner, Peter Ogunyanwo, who briefed newsmen in Jos, said the suspect was arrested by officers and men of the Federal Anti-Robbery Squad
Its Commissioner, Peter Ogunyanwo, who briefed newsmen on Friday in Jos, said that preliminary investigation had indicated that the attack was carried out by Fulani gunmen
The Spokesperson of the Plateau State Police Command, Terna Tyopev, confirmed the attack
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Peter Ogunyanwo, who decorated the officers in Jos, said the promotion was in line with the recommendation of the Inspector General of Police.
The suspect allegedly murdered George Mang, 29, over an argument they had concerning a football match on May 12.
The Plateau State Police Command had on July 6 confirmed the arrest of 40-year-old Victor Dashit, a staff of the National Industrial Court, Jos, who allegedly strangled his eight months pregnant wife, Irene
The command’s spokesman, ASP Terna Tyopev, told News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Jos that the suspect, identified as Michael Atseng, was arrested on July 13 at Gwom Guest House, Hwolshe, at about 9:30pm.