By POLYCARP AUTA

The police command in Plateau says gunmen have attacked Rubi community in Butura District in Bokkos Local Government and killed 11 persons.

Mr Alfred Alabo, the command?s spokesman made this known in a statement on Friday in Jos.

The Bokkos Cultural Development Council (BCDC), also in a statement, confirmed that 11 persons were killed.

Alabo quoted Mr Emmanuel Adesina, the Commissioner of Police in the state, who visited the scene, as condemning the attack.

?On March 27, at about 10:00 p.m., we received a report of some gunmen who invaded Ruwi village at about 09:20 p.m. and began to shoot sporadically.

?As a result, some law-abiding citizens of the community who were at a wake-keep unfortunately lost their lives.

?Many others secured varying degrees of injuries.

?Immediately, the Commissioner of Police directed the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Bokkos to mobilise to the scene for necessary action,? he said.

To have first-hand information on situation, Alabo said that the commissioner visited the scene and commiserated with those who lost their loves ones.

Similarly, the Plateau government had condemned the incident and called on security agencies to fish out the perpetrators.

Mrs Joyce Ramnap, the state Commissioner for Information, called on residents of the community not to take the law into their hands.

Ramnap reiterated the state government?s commitment to security of lives and property of all citizens of the state. (NAN)

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