Browsing: Riyom Local Government Area

The governor spoke on Tuesday at an emergency peace and security stakeholders meeting held in Jos.

The gunmen were said to have stormed the village in the early hours of Tuesday

The command’s spokesman, ASP Terna Tyopev, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos that the attack was  carried out  by some  armed hoodlums on Sunday at about 10 p.m.

Danboyi, in a press statement issued in Jos, said a leader of Fulani community in Riyom, Ardo Mohammed Adamu, had called to inform him of the corpse, which allegedly prompted the killing of two persons and others injured in Jol community on Wednesday.

Buratai gave the advice while inaugurating a medical centre built by the army for troops of the Operation Safe Haven at Tigi in the local government and civilians in the community

The STF Media Officer, Captain Salisu Mustapha, who also confirmed the attack, said the invaders also burnt down houses in the village before escaping