Gunmen have killed three farmers in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.
According to The PUNCH the three victims were on their way to the farm when they were shot dead by the gunmen on Monday morning
The incident, it was gathered, occurred at the Renwienku community in the Miango district of the council area where gummen had killed someone five days ago after they attacked some farmers in the locality. Others had escaped the attack.
Spokesman for the Miango Youths Development Association, Nuhu Bitrus, confirmed the latest attack on the farmers to PUNCH on Monday.
Bitrus said, “It was around 7am on Monday when some villagers heard some gunshots .
“When they rushed to the scene, they discovered the bodies of three villagers lying dead on the bush path in the pool of their own blood. The victims just left their homes at Renwienku village a few minutes earlier and were going to their farms when they were shot dead on the way”
A resident of the community ,Friday Bulus who lamented the killings gave the names of the victims as Friday Yakubu,39; Sunday Nah,45 and Musa Evi who he said was 57 years old.
