There was tension in Bokkos local government area of Plateau state on Monday, following the killing of Lawrence Agaie, the Saf Ron-Kuelere and paramount ruler of the town.
Also
killed were the traditional ruler’s police orderly, Sunday Wuyah, his wife, as
well as his son, Shagari.
NAN
quoted a source as saying that the monarch was attacked on his way home after
visiting his farm in Sha District.
Ikedichi
Iweha, spokesman of the special task force (STF), in charge of security in
Plateau, confirmed the incident, adding that the corpses had been deposited at
an undisclosed hospital in Jos.
He
also said that a woman who was shot, but did not die, had been taken to a
hospital in Bokkos.
Iweha
said that no arrests had been made.
Meanwhile, the Governor
of Plateau State, Mr. Simon Lalong, has declared a curfew in Bokkos in
connection with the killing of the monarch and his aides.
A statement by the
Director of Press and Public Affairs to the governor, Mr. Emmanuel Nanle, on
Monday, a preliminary security report before the governor had confirmed the
attack.
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