Gunmen have attacked the Gari Ya Waye community, Angwan Rukuba of Jos North local government area on Sunday, 29th March 2026, resulting in the deaths of five persons and several others sustained varying degrees of injuries. The Plateau State Government has imposed a 48-hour curfew across the LGA.
It was gathered that the assailants stormed the community on a tricycle popularly known as a Keke Napep, opened fire, resulting in casualties.
The announcement of the curfew was contained in a statement signed by the Plateau State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Rt. Hon. Joyce Lohya Ramnap,mni.
The Government, while condemning the attack, describing it as barbaric, urged citizens to remain calm, stay vigilant, and cooperate fully with security agencies by providing any useful information that may aid ongoing investigations.
The statement reads in parts “The Plateau State Government, in conjunction with security agencies, wishes to inform the general public of the imposition of a 48-hour curfew within Jos North Local Government Area with immediate effect, commencing from 12 midnight of 29th March, to 1st April, 2026.
“The government under the leadership of His Excellency, Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, strongly condemns this barbaric and unprovoked attack on innocent citizens and assures the public that all necessary measures are being taken to apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to justice”.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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