Unidentified gunmen conducted a new attack on Nyamgo Gyel, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, resulting in the deaths of at least three individuals.
Just three days after President Bola Tinubu visited Jos, the most recent development has raised concerns about the worsening security situation in the area.
The victims, Luka Sandu Pam (36), Samuel Davou (38), and Deme Saidu (35), were allegedly ambushed while riding a motorcycle back home from Gero.
The deceased were in a group of roughly 15 young people returning from a mining site when they ran into the ambush, according to Gyel Youth Leader Dung Davou, who talked with Channels Television.
According to Davou, the group was abruptly attacked by alleged armed herders and had to escape for their lives.
He also demanded that authorities take immediate action to stop what he called “repeated and unprovoked attacks on the community.”
“We started hearing intermittent gunshots, and everyone scattered,” he stated. Sadly, three of our people lost their lives.
Recall that last Sunday, heavily armed gunmen besieged the Angwan Rukuba community in Jos North Local Government Area, Plateau State, killing over ten persons and injuring several more.
In the meantime, Caleb Mutfwang, the governor of Plateau State, believes that the recent tragic Jos massacre happened because the security forces were also taken aback by the relative calm that the locals had experienced, especially during the previous ten months to a year.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, Mutfwang reportedly claimed that the assailants observed how the locals behaved and imitated the National Drug Enforcement Agency’s (NDLEA) procedures to launch an unexpected attack that caught both people and security personnel off guard.
The governor said that although the episode was regrettable and concerning, he was certain that it would be an isolated incidence.
