Fulani herdsmen kill two soldiers in Plateau village

Two soldiers have reportedly been killed in Plateau State during a clash involving local vigilante and herdsmen at Dong village, a border settlement between Bassa and Jos South Local Government Area of the state.

The soldiers were serving with Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), also known as the Special Task Force (STF).


Spokesman for OPSH, Major Umar Adams, confirmed the killing yesterday.

He said that “two military personnel were also injured while seven persons were arrested in connection with the killings.”
Adams told SUN that the clash was due to the killing of 25 Irigwe persons by suspected herdsmen on Monday night, adding that security has been beefed up in the affected areas to curtail further killing of innocent people.