Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed at least nine persons and destroyed six houses in Zurak and Dakai communities of Wase of Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The spokesman for the state police command, Mr. Alfred Alabo, said in a statement on Tuesday in Jos the bandits attacked the communities after they met an “aggressive onslaught” by a combined team of security operatives.
He said: “Some of the bandits were killed and one arrested at the Bangalala forest in Wase, a border between Plateau, Bauchi and Taraba States.
