Gunmen, on Sunday, October 15, stormed an Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) camp in Nkiedonwhro village, Bassa local government area, Plateau state, killing 29 inmates.
The victims were among the over 100 villagers taking refuge at the camp, a primary school. The Nation Newspaper The Guardian reports that a dusk-to- dawn curfew had earlier been imposed on Bassa following a series of attacks in the area. But the gunmen have been defying the curfew as the attacks usually take place in the night.
According to Abdu, some men seen as soldiers took the victims to one classroom with a view to saving their lives as they had all abandoned their ancestral homes, but it turned out to be a disguise as the gunmen massacred them as soon as they were left vulnerable by their perceived protectors.
The state government said it was a regrettable case of unprovoked gun attack which has characterised the vicious circle of violence in the Irigwe chiefdom of Bassa council.
https://www.naij.com/1130685-gunmen-kill-26-displaced-persons-attacks-camp.html