By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
More than 35 people paid the ultimate price to blood-thirsty terrorists in embattled Plateau State on Tuesday night.
The bloodcurdling attack took place at Yelwa Zangam, a community behind the University of Jos (UNIJOS).
TheNiche reliably gathered that the terrorists invaded the community around 9 pm on Tuesday, burning houses and shooting anyone on sight.
To ensure that they executed their evil plot without any hindrance, the terrorists were said to have first dismantled the bridge leading to Naraguta community, thereby preventing any access to the embattled community before launching the attacks.
This attack is happening barely one week after over 25 travellers were killed on Gada-Biyu–Rukuba road in Jos North local government area.
Over 35 corpses have been recovered.
A source told TheNiche that the casualty figure was expected to increase because the people had no escape route and the security men were not around.
“They took us by surprise. People were just preparing to go to bed. Some had already gone to bed. It was a scorched earth attack. They were shooting at every moving object they saw including animals,” he said anonymously.
A resident, Yakubu, also confirmed the fresh attack to reporters on Wednesday morning.
According to him, over 30 people were killed and security personnel had been drafted to the area.
Plateau Police Command spokesman, ASP Gabriel Ubah, also confirmed the incident.
He said: “We are aware of an incident in the area, I will brief later.”
Meanwhile, gunmen have abducted the secretary of Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC), Mohammed Abubakar Opu.
Confirming the incident, Nasarawa Police spokesman, ASP Ramhan Nansel, said the NASIEC secretary was abducted in his house located at Baking Rijiya village, along Lafia-Shendaam road, Nasarawa State.
According to him: “On 25/8/2021 at about 0145hrs, a complaint was lodged at C Division, Lafia that, on 24/8/2021 at about 2345hrs, unknown gunmen numbering about five, abducted one Barr. Mohammed Abubakar Opu (The Secretary of Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission) in his residence.
“On receipt of the complaints, the Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi immediately led a detachment of Police personnel comprising of personnel of the anti -kidnapping unit, Police Mobile Force, Counter Terrorism Unit and other tactical units of the Command to the scene.
“The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of State Criminal Investigation Department was also directed to move to the scene and conduct a comprehensive investigation to unveil the faces of those responsible for the commission of the despicable act, rescue the victim and arrest the perpetrators.
“The Commissioner of Police is hereby calling on anyone with useful information that will aid the investigation to call the following phone numbers: 08063899824, 08140237449, 08035429706, 08032875187 and 08037461715.”