Gunmen on rampage, kill 10, injure many in Plateau, Anambra attacks
May 16, 2025 by and Nwanosike Onu, Awka
No fewer than eight persons have been killed, and others wounded at Wereng Camp community of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State by gunmen.
The gunmen stormed the community late Wednesday night and shot sporadically.
Sources said most of those killed were children and aged persons.
A source in the Plateau community described the attacks as unprovoked, lamenting that several food items were carted away by the gunmen.
Efforts to reach security operatives for confirmation was abortive
Recall that several communities had been attacked by armed men in Mangu, Barkin Ladi, Bokkos and Riyom local government areas of the state in the past few months.
Worried about this sad development,Governor Caleb Mutfwang had called on the Federal Government to intervene.
In Anambra State, two persons were killed by suspected gunmen.
A victim was in a red saloon car, while the second victim was trying to escape when they were killed.
The incident happened at 10.45am between Agulu and Nanka boundary in Anaocha Local Government Area.
When the state Police spokesman in the state, Tochukwu Ikenga, was called for confirmation, he did not pick his phone, but a senior Police officer confirmed the incident.
