Govt imposes curfew on communities
• Witnesses say masked attackers more than 100
• No arrests yet by security agencies
• Group chides Lalong for not doing enough

It was a killing spree by unknown gunmen yesterday in Plateau. Unconfirmed reports put the number of people killed at more than 100.The attacks, said to have started at about 11:00 p.m., occurred in the three local government areas of Barkin Ladi, Riyom and Jos South, and are reportedly ongoing.State governor, Simon Lalong, cut short his attendance of the All Progressives Congress convention in Abuja, and has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the areas, inhabited by the Berom ethnic group.

The member representing Barking Ladi at the state’s House of Assembly, Peter Gyengden, said about 170 people lost their lives.But Mr. Francis Chung, the national president of Gashi Development Association in Barkin Ladi, said he counted 139 dead persons. He said the state’s Special Task Force (STF) stopped further evacuation of corpses to the headquarters of Barkin Ladi, to avoid an escalation. According to him, the attackers, numbering about 100, wore masks.

The Guardian confirmed no arrests have yet been made over the killings.Mr. Joshua Gwom, a community member in Barkin Ladi, told journalists that one Musa, a pastor with the Assemblies of God Church, his wife and granddaughter, were killed. The incident happened at Gana Ropp, near Bethany Christian Academy in Barkin Ladi.The member representing Riyom constituency at the House of Assembly, Daniel Dem, said nine people were killed in Riyom.The Chief Press Secretary to the late former Deputy Governor Michael Botmang, Mr. George Pam, noted that attacks were still going on at the time of filing this report, and that they had already spread to the Vom and Bukuru areas.

Source:guardian.ng