Plateau state police Commissioner, Mr Chris Olakpe, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Jos on Wednesday that the attackers had fled the area before the arrival of security agents. He said the police and other personnel of the Special Task Force (STF) maintaining the peace in Plateau, had stepped in and restored normalcy to the area.
“The police and the STF have deployed a team of security personnel to the village to check against recurrence, while efforts are on to apprehend the attackers’’, he added.
Also the commissioner advised members of the public to help security agencies with any piece of information that could lead to the arrest of the attackers.
Capt. Salisu Mustapha, who is the STF Media Officer also confirmed the attack, said the invaders also burnt down houses in the village before escaping, but did not give the number of houses burnt.
Mustapha said the STF had arrested three persons found with arms and ammunition suspected to have been used for the attack.
“We are interrogating the suspects’’, he said.
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