Gunmen kill village head in Plateau

Plateau state Police Command yesterday confirmed that gunmen had killed the village head of Tarangol community, Amos Marit.
Tarangol community is in Bokkos local government area of Plateau state.
The Command’s spokesperson, Terna Tyopev, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos that Marit, 57, was shot in the back.
Tyopev said that the killing was reported by two men, Enoch Michael and Christopher Marit, both of Fokkos Village in Bokkos.
“Yesterday at about 8 p.m., one Enoch Michael and Christopher Marit reported at our Bokkos Division that gunmen broke into the premises of Mr. Amos Marit, the village head of Tarangol and fired at him.
“He was immediately rushed to Luna Hospital in the locality but gave up the ghost while receiving treatment. Our men rushed to the scene of the incident, but the assailants had varnished,” he said.
The spokesman said that the body of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue.
He said no arrest had been made, but added that investigations were going on.