GUNMEN
suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Sunday night shot dead five members
of a family in Kungte village, Kanadap, in the Kuru District of Jos
South Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The victims were identified as Peter Dung; his wife; and three children.
The gunmen also killed another person whose identity was yet to be determined as at the time of this report.
Plateau State Commissioner for
Information and Communication, Mr. Yiljap Abraham, who confirmed the
killings, described the incident as “inhuman and utter display of
insensitivity to the sanctity of lives.”
Spokesperson of the Plateau State Police Command, DSP Felicia Anselm, also confirmed the incident.
Anselm said the police had been working
round the clock to apprehend the killers. She said no suspect had been
arrested in connection with the incident, adding that the remains of the
victims had been deposited in the mortuary.
Reacting on behalf of the state
government, Abraham, in a statement, said, “The unprovoked killing of
six members of two families in their home in Kungte village, Kanadap
(near Marraraban Jama’a) in Kuru District of Jos South Local Government
Area by gunmen on Sunday, September, 1, 2013, is an evil and wicked act
that should be condemned by all members of society.
“The killing is also a display of
cowardice by the perpetrators who under the cover of darkness
deliberately chose to visit violence on vulnerable members of society,
women and children, to achieve clearly devilish designs.
“Such an attack, coming at a time when
the state has been mostly peaceful for quite some time appears a
desperate attempt to reverse the gains of our hard-earned efforts in
breaking down the barriers of ethnic and religious intolerance and
thereby rebuilding the bridges of communal consensus.
“Such intentions will fail because
Plateau people have made up their minds to live in peace with one
another and, together with the state government and security agencies,
they will frustrate every attempt aimed at taking the state back to the
days of bloodshed and gloom. The current level of peace in the state is
for consolidation, not evaporation”
The Sunday killing occurred less than a
fortnight after 10 people were killed in similar fashion in Foron
district of Barakin Ladi thus raising fears of resurgence of killings in
Plateau after months of peace.
The Kungte murder also came barely 24
hours after the redeployment of the Commander of the Special Task Force,
Maj. Gen. Henry Ayoola.
Our correspondent learnt that the
attackers invaded the home of their victims between the hours of 8pm and
9pm on Sunday when the family members had finished dinner and were
preparing to go to bed. The sixth person was killed as the gunmen were
retreating.
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