Plateau: One Killed, Houses Burnt As Attacks Persist

Gunmen have continued their deadly attacks in the Bokos Local Government Area of Plateau, killing a man and setting many buildings ablaze.
Our correspondent reports that the gunmen had descended on Ruboi and Marish communities in Bokos Local Government, killing at least 16 people late on Sunday.
Our correspondent learnt that the latest onslaught took place early on Monday while residents of the two communities were still in bed.
The Public Relations Officer of the Plateau State Police Command, ASP Abuh Gabriel, confirmed the development, saying that a man was killed in the latest attack.
Gabriel said, however, that security men had been deployed to the two communities and that calm had been restored.
He said that efforts were being made to unmask the perpetrators of the attack, which has been re-occurring in recent times.
Communities in Bokos, bordering Mangu and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau have been under unrelenting siege by gunmen, who have been killing locals in some communities in North Central Nigeria.
A former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr Titus Alams, who is a native of Rubio, told NAN on Tuesday that the attackers looted property after killing and burning the corpse of a man.