Six persons have been declared
missing in an ambush in Pang village in Heipang, Barkin Local Government of
Plateau, according to Capt. Ikedichi Iweha, spokesman for the Special Task
Force (STF).
He also said three soldiers attached
to the STF, maintaining peace in Plateau, were seriously injured in the ambush.
Iweha told the News Agency o Nigeria
(NAN) in Heipang on Wednesday that the corpse of one of the six missing persons
had been found.
Iweha explained that there was a report
of cow rustling at Pang village, which prompted the response of officers
operating in the area around 4p.m. on Tuesday, June 30.
“But on getting to Pang village, our
team of officers was attacked around 8.30 p.m. leaving three of our soldiers
seriously injured.
“About 400 cows were reportedly
rustled by some unknown youths, who carried out the ambush and shooting of the
officers’’, he said.
The STF spokesman added that the
injured officers had been taken to hospital, while most of the rustled cows had
been recovered.
Three of the cows were found dead,
while four were wounded.
He expressed surprise at the attack
on the STF personnel who, he said, were neutral parties.
Iweha promised that the STF would do
all it could to rescue the remaining five missing persons and also trace the
attackers.
Source: Vanguard
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