Some yet-to-be identified gunmen suspected to be terrorists have killed no fewer than five persons in Lighitlubang village in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State on Friday night,
Sources revealed that the attackers stormed the village while residents were sleeping and slaughtered the victims. One of the villagers, Moses Bankat, confirmed the incident reporters Jos the plateau state capital on Saturday.
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According to the source: , “It happened yesterday at about midnight of 31/01/2025. Some suspected terrorists entered Lighitlubang village in Bungha District of Mangu Local Government and killed a family of five people, a man, his wife and a child with another man and wife all slaughtered.”
The spokesman for the Plateau State Police Command, DSP Alabo Alfred, disclosed that the security agents had been deployed to the affected community to maintain peace and order while the investigation had begun
“I will get details from the DPO if they return from the bush because they have gone to the village,” the PPRO said to reporters as at the time this report was filled.
