By Taye Obateru
Jos: About 25 people are
believed to have been killed at
Zango village in Wase LGA of
Plateau State as ethnic militia
engaged in fresh hostilities.
The killings which is believed
to be a continuation of
hostilities between the Tarok
and the Fulani left several
casualties on both sides.
It was learn that armed militia
invaded Wase town yesterday
afternoon but were repelled by
the town’s vigilante members
who pursued and killed many
of them.
“Shortly after we completed
Zuhur prayers we heard
gunshots being fired into our
community and everybody
started running, but we were
able to chase the militants
away and burnt their camps
around the area.
“Five of our youths were killed
and we brought back their
corpses while I saw over 20
corpses that do not belong to
us”, Safi Sambo, a youth
leader from Wase was quoted
as saying.
A Tarok traditional ruler,
Jessey Pyenkwam, was also
quoted as confirming that
much of Zango, a Tarok
settlement, had been razed.
According to him, “It’s sad
that this crisis has taken this
turn; it is even more sad that it
is being seen as a Tarok-Fulani
confrontation because both
communities need each other.”
Spokesman of the Special Task
Force (STF) in the state
Captain Salisu Mustapha
confirmed that there had been
attacks around Wase but could
not give the exact number of
those killed

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