Three persons were confirmed dead while four others sustained injuries in an attack early Tuesday morning in Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau state, north-central Nigeria.

Plateau State Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Abuh Emmanuel, while confirming the incident and the casualty involved, announced a dusk to dawn curfew has been imposed in the local government area to forestall further breakdown of law and order.

The police spokesman stressed that more security personnel have been drafted to the affected communities while investigations into the incident have commenced with the aim of bringing the culprits to book.

An eye witness account told Channels Television that “at about 1:30 Tuesday morning some gun men stormed Rakum village in Barkin Ladi local government area and opened fire on three people alighting from a car, killing two of them instantly while the third person escaped narrowly with gunshots”.

People of the affected community could not offer much resistance due to the sophisticated guns and other dangerous weapons displayed by the attackers thereby forcing the vigilante group to scamper for safety.

However, the little resistance by the community which lasted for about 45 minutes made the attackers to flee into the mountains before the arrival of the Special Task Force (STF) in charge of security in the area.

The locals in turn waited till dawn for a reprisal which claimed the life of a Fulani man passing by before the STF intervened leaving four persons injured.

Barkin Ladi Chairman, Emmanuel Lomman condemn the killings as well as the reprisal and implored both the Special Task Force and the police to fish out the perpetrators on both attacks as government is not happy with the renewed killings in spite of peace efforts and several meetings held among all factions to find lasting peace in the area.


http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/10/10/three-dead-four-injured-in-renewed-plateau-violence/

It seems everyone is trying to outdo each other on how much blood they can spill. if it's not bokoharam, it's kidnappers, if it;s not kidanapper, it's armed robbers. If it's not armed robbers, it's fulani herdsmen. If it's not fulani herdsmen, it's Aluu villagers. It has become a competition of some sort...When two elephants fight, it's the grass that will suffer die.

NIGERIA! NIGERIA!! NIGERIA!!! how many time did i call you?? wake up

This Barkin Ladi Again?

Not again! Hasn't this country suffered enough blood shed- Mubi, Aluu,flood, bombs up north. Nigeria is just crying blood every day!

What a bloody Nation! how did a Golden city become desolate n bloody says the prophet?

You got to wonder, is it human beings or animals that live in this country?

Lives wasted like flies - North to South, East to West.

dangerzone: NIGERIA! NIGERIA!! NIGERIA!!! how many time did i call you?? wake up

once

toba: once

wear your lence

[/quote]

afam4eva: It seems everyone is trying to outdo each other on how much blood they can spill. if it's not bokoharam, it's kidnappers, if it;s not kidanapper, it's armed robbers. If it's not armed robbers, it's fulani herdsmen. If it's not fulani herdsmen, it's ALUU VILLAGER.

Lolzz..Aluu don become the most popular villa in nigeria,imagine a 6year old boy asking about that aluu

News Headlines this days are disturbing.

Mehn,see killings anyhow and everywhere.Not only in this country. I think i need a break from the internet,cos if i continue seeing stuffs like this,i might decieve myself that life doesn't have value or see killing as a normal thing.. These bloody headlines are definately not too good for one's mental health.. May God protect each and every one of us...

A hanky wud cum in handy..can't jst stop wailing..the happenings plaguing the nation is jst too much to take in...constant state of fear.

I have looked through nairaland homepage and discovered that there's no single news headline dat can lift up the spirit of an average nigerian. I don't know but Is it just me?

What more can I say? RIP to the dead!

Sum wil stil implore me 2 remain d optimist i used 2 b abt d survivor of naija! NAH!!! Am nw getin ready 2 battle it out wit botswana embassy in lagos 2 grant me visa so dat i cn pave way 4 bloodsucking nigerians.ALUU yestaday,MUBI 2day n barkin ladi 2mao.
Mtcheeeew shameless babarians

People of the affected community could not offer much resistance due to the sophisticated guns and other dangerous weapons displayed by the attackers thereby forcing the vigilante group to scamper for safety.

Yet some clamour for state police... Smh

It worries how lives are being taken away jst like d@ by humans. God Bless the dead....

Les: I have looked through nairaland homepage and discovered that there's no single news headline dat can lift up the spirit of an average nigerian. I don't know but Is it just me?

The simple reason is because it is only bad news that is the real news.It attracts more readers and sells faster

nerodenero: The simple reason is because it is only bad news that is the real news.It attracts more readers and sells faster

does dat mean dat we're now living commodities?

Killing in the name of god

What is wrong with this plateau state?

Another one..... when e go better?

Na who we offend for this country, wetin pple don die dis year no b small tin o. God abeg pity us na.

mrperfect: What is wrong with this plateau state?

It is not 'what is wrong with plateau state', it is, 'what is wrong with Nigeria'.
Every news seems to be of disaster either natural or man influenced, its sickening.

blood letting farewell

God pls intervene into the situation at hand in this once upon a time giant of africa,are we not ashame of ourselves the solution to let peace reign is beyond the presidency,senators,house of rep,infact,killings is now becoming our birthrite in the country.we need deliverance.

Blood competition in dis country,God save us al n grant ‎​D̶̲̥̅̊ grace too love one anoda so dat dis blood shed can stop

. . .and the spilling of blood continues. . .


O Nigeria, just how many more gallons of blood do you need before your sick thirst is finally assuaged?

We await the 'CAPITAL SHOCKER'....THE LEGENDARY RE-AWAKENING OF ANOTHER CIVIL WAR!

Hey butiful people, all thes disaster, catastrophe& bad hapening is just 2tel us dat d world is comin 2an end soon. Take it or leave it, Jesus Xst is coming sooner dan u cud eva imagine. Wat shud matter 2u naw is wher u wil spend ur eternity afta death. It cud be u 2mro, who knows. So i implor u 2day 2gve ur life 2XST If u havent so as 2be sure of a blisful life in heaven afta death. Now lay ur hands on ur chest, be serious abt ths and mean evrythng u say here say "Dear Lord Jesus... I surrender my life to u.... I believe in my hart and confes wit my mouth Ur lordship ova my life... U died on d cross 4my sins and rose again so dat thru ur resurection i may hav a divine life.... I repent of al my sins& receive 4givenes 4my sins... I declare dat i am saved, i am born again" Halleluja. If u hav just said dat prayer, congratulations, u ar now a child of God. Welcome 2 God's family. God bles u.

One bad news after another. This is not a good time to be a Nigerian