Some yet to be identified gunmen on Tuesday night ambushed
the convoy of the member representing Jos North/Bassa Constituency in the House
of Representatives of Plateau State, Hon. Musa Agah.
It was gathered that the lawmaker, who was elected on the
26th February 2022 in a by-election in the constituency, and his aides were
said to be returning home from a thank-you tour around 9 pm when the attackers
struck along Twin Hill Miango, in Bassa LGA of the state.
Agah was said to be in the company of his wife, two kids,
personal assistant and driver.
Narrating the incident, the National Secretary-General, Irigwe
Development Association, Danjuma Dickson Auta, said, “We thank God, the
lawmaker and all others escaped, but his car was battered and shattered by
gunshot bullets.
“While on a sad note, two others on a motorcycle who were
ahead of them first encountered the ambush were killed.”
However, when contacted, the Spokesman of the State Police
Command, ASP Ubah Ogaba, said, “We are aware of the incident in Miango, last
night.
“The CP has sent in a tactical team to investigate the
incident.
“Initially we got information that two men were ambushed and
killed, then we later got informed about the attack on the lawmaker; so as I
said investigation is still ongoing.”
“But everywhere in the affected area is calm, and peaceful”,
he maintained.
Bassa LGA and in particular the Irigwe chiefdom has been the
hotbed of attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the past five years; the
recent being the killing of two persons, and another over two weeks ago, when
10 people were killed and 19 others injured during “Zereci,” a festival that
ushers in the farming season.
Also, in 2012, Sen. Gyang Dantong and Hon. Gyang Fulani,
were both killed when gunmen attacked mourners who went to bury some victims of
attacks in Barkin Ladi LGA of the state.
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