Gunmen have killed three farmers in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.
It was gathered that 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 newsmen in Jos on Monday .
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.
Bulus said that the three corpses had been evacuated from the bush to the community for burial .
I’m just at the place now where we are making arrangement to bury the victims .The community is not happy over the continued attacks and killing of our people in this manner . This is not the first time this is happening to us. A bout five days ago,one famer was killed while some others escaped after they were attacked in their farm. And now,they have killed three persons again.
“We reported the previous incident to the Special Task Force and the police and we have also reported this latest killing to them.
“we want them to stop those killing our people for no reason and ensure that justice is done .
