No fewer than four people have been killed in two separate attacks on farming communities in Plateau State, PREMIUM TIMES gathered.

Three lives were lost in the attack in Zanwra area of Bassa local government area on Sunday and one Bitrus Manzere was killed near a military base in Riyom local government area on Monday.

Confirming the attack in Zanwra, President of Irigwe Development Association, Robert Ashi, said the suspected herders stormed the house at about 8:20 p.m. on Sunday.

He said the assailants shot a pregnant woman, Rifkatu Friday; her 7year-old daughter, Ladi Friday, and an octogenarian, Minchwe Gado, to death.

“There was an attack. They entered the house. Around 8:20 p.m. on Sunday June 27,2021, Fulani herdsmen attacked Zanwra village in Jebbu-Miango where three people were killed and two injured who are currently receiving treatment at a hospital,” he said.

Mrs Friday was survived by two children, Ashi added.

In Riyom local government area, a middle-aged man, identified as Bitrus Manzere, was killed near a military base.

According to Daylop Solomon, a lawyer and coordinator of a local non-governmental organisation, Emancipation Centre for Crisis Victims in Nigeria (ECCVN), Manzere was ambushed by herders at about 8 p.m. on Monday.

The attack took place along Makera – Jol village road, which is close to Sector 6 Headquarters of Operation Safe Haven, the military task force set up to maintain peace in Plateau State.

Spokesperson of the state police command, Gabriel Ubah, was yet to respond to enquiries by our correspondent as of press time.

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