EIGHT people were killed after gunmen attacked a village in Plateau State on Monday.
According to the National Publicity Secretary of the Irigwe Development Association, Davidson Malison, the incident happened in Adu village in the Bassa Local Government Area of the State.
Maliso said in a statement that five other villagers were also injured during the attack, which occurred on Sunday – Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Day anniversary.
He said that the gunmen arrived in the village around 8.10pm and fired bullets on the innocent victims who were sleeping.
“While other people celebrated 63rd Nigeria’s Independence Day with excitement, joy and happiness, Rigwe people were enveloped with tears, sorrow and sadness following an attack at Du village of Kwall District, Rigwe Chiefdom of Plateau State in Nigeria,’’ he added.
“This is no doubt the continuation of the destruction of lives and the ceaseless attempts to annihilate the Rigwe race by the men of the underworld which has kept on persisting.
“This thing must stop and it is enough. We can’t continue allowing these marauders to continue unleashing mayhem in the land. Our ancestral land is God-given and her people cannot be evicted and ejected.”
