Gunmen invade Nasarawa communities, kill 9, 6 missing in attack

By Abel Daniel

Lafia—No less than 9 radical person been confirmed dead, 8 of them gruesomely slaughtered, portion six others stay missing pursuing a coordinated equipped onslaught connected Nindama colony successful Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

Eyewitnesses said the attackers invaded the assemblage successful the aboriginal hours of Friday, October 10, astatine astir 3:30 a.m., shooting sporadically and sidesplitting residents. Two different victims reportedly sustained superior injuries and are presently receiving treatment.

Security agencies, including the army, police, Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), person intensified efforts to rescue the missing persons and way down the perpetrators.

The Executive Chairman of Kokona LGA, Hon. Agbawu M. Agbawu, led a combined information squad to the country aboriginal that afternoon. The bodies of the victims person been taken to the mortuary, portion preliminary investigations suggest the onslaught whitethorn beryllium connected to a lingering onshore quality successful the area.

As of property time, hostility remained precocious arsenic residents feared imaginable reprisal attacks.
Meanwhile, the Tiv Youth Organisation, TYO, has condemned the brutal execution of Miss Favour Akaaza of Imon community, Adudu Chiefdom successful Obi Local Government Area.

The radical said Miss Akaaza was abducted from her residence astatine Ombi Anzaku on Kwandere Road and aboriginal killed by suspected equipped Fulani men, who person since been arrested and confessed to the crime.
In a statement, the TYO described the enactment arsenic “barbaric, inhuman, and a nonstop battle connected the bid and information of our communities.”

“It is heartbreaking that specified a promising young woman was chopped down successful her premier by individuals who person nary respect for quality life,” the radical added.

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