Black weekend: Family of nine, 18 others killed in Benue, Plateau
Plateau killings Meanwhile, in Plateau State, suspected gunmen killed nine members of the same family, including a two-month-old baby, during a late Saturday night attack on Kum and Wereng-Camp communities in Riyom Local Government Area.
The renewed bloodshed came barely two weeks after the killing of the Benue State Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, Ardo Mohammed, and his companion, Yakubu Isah, who were ambushed and murdered at Okutu community in Otukpo while returning from a peace meeting in Idekpa, Ohimini Local Government Area.
The National Publicity Secretary of the Berom Youth Moulders Association, Rwang Tengwong, confirmed that the attack wiped out nine members of one family, including a two-month-old infant, while the village head sustained life-threatening injuries and was rushed to hospital.
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