No fewer than 10 persons including children have been killed in Te’egbe village of Bassa Local Government Area, Plateau State.
Gatekeepers News reports that while over 10 death have been recorded in Te’egbe village, others have sustained injuries in the attack which was instigated by suspected terrorists.
The terrorists invaded the community in the early hours of Friday, setting houses ablaze, maiming and killing residents in the process of the attack.
The National Publicity Secretary of Irigwe Development Association, Davison Malison, confirmed this on Friday, adding that apart from the 10 bodies recovered so far, others are still missing.
Meanwhile, Governor Simon Lalong has condemned the attack on the village, saying the criminals are bent on instilling fear, pain and sorrow on the people with a view to destabilising the state and making fortune from their criminality as well as rupturing the substantial peace attained.
According to a statement signed by the Director of Press and Public Affairs to the Governor, Simon Makut, security agencies have been directed to deploy personnel and everything at their disposal to arrest those who carried out the attack no matter how long it takes.
