Two personnel attached to the Operation Safe Haven, have been reportedly killed and two others injured while trying to contain the violence that broke out yesterday between herdsmen and Irigwe youths at Rafiki area of Plateau State.
Spokesman of OpSH, Major Adam Umar, told Vanguard on phone that “there was a clash between the Irigwe and herdsmen in the area, following the killing of Irigwe people the other day.
“As a result, accusation, counter-accusation, allegation and speculation there was a clash between the parties. There were casualties, but for now we don’t have the exact figure.
“We lost two of our men, while two are wounded and are receiving treatment in a hospital in Jos. Also, the situation is now under control but we have arrested some partakers in the clash, eight of them from both sides.
“We have recovered some ammunition used during the clash. So, in order to maintain law and order, we have reinforced our deployment and we have also deployed a fighter jet to carry out air surveillance to ensure the maintenance of law and order.
The representatives of the two parties involved in the clash are holding a meeting at the Government House in order to find a lasting solution to the problem.”
It was gathered that the attacks began in the wee hours of yesterday forcing residents to flee for safety and claiming that herdsmen were shooting sporadically and people were scampering for safety.
It was gathered that the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Peter Azi, State Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Reverend Soja Bewarang and some security agents visited the areas to see the level of carnage.