Gunmen kill 15 in fresh attack on Riyom community in Plateau

Gunmen kill 15 in fresh attack on Riyom community in Plateau

By: Zagazola Makama

At least 15 persons killed and four others injured in a deadly attack by suspected armed Fulani militias on Jebbu village in Riyom Local Government Area.

Zagazola Makama gathered from security sources that the attack occurred on July 15 at about 6:45 a.m. when the assailants stormed the community and opened fire on residents.

Joint troops of Operation Safe Heaven promptly responded to the attack in collaboration with other security agencies.

“On arrival, 15 lifeless bodies were recovered, while four other victims with varying degrees of gunshot wounds were evacuated to the General Hospital in Riyom for treatment.

The corpses of the deceased have also been deposited at the same hospital’s mortuary.

Additional troops have been deployed to the area to forestall further attacks and to conduct extensive bush combing operations aimed at tracking and arresting the perpetrators.

Jebbu village had not come under attack or recorded any threat since the beginning of the farmers-herders conflict in Plateau State, making this incident unprecedented.

Gunmen kill 15 in fresh attack on Riyom community in Plateau