Gunmen kill family of 10 in Plateau

Ten A family of ten including a two-month-old baby, were killed on Friday morning when gunmen attacked Kogwom village in the Vwang district of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau, a spokesman for the Special Task Force said

Two other persons, who sustained serious injuries, have been admitted at the Christian Hospital, Vom.

Lt. Kingsley Egbo, Assistant Media Officer, Special Task Force, who confirmed the incident, said that the injured persons were “responding to treatment.”

The News Agency of Nigeria on Friday that they are investigating the matter.

According to the report, a suspected herdsmen stormed a lone compound and slaughtered a family of 10 before escaping into the nearby bush. 

Plateau government has described the attack as “gruesome, painful and shocking.”

The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Abraham Yiljap, decried the consistent attacks on children and women.