Earlyface

Two members of a family were killed and
about 50 houses razed in fresh attacks on
villages in Riyom and Barkin Ladi Local
Government Area of Plateau State yesterday.
The two were killed at Diniyam-Rim of Riyom
Local Government while another raid was
launched on Rakok and Razat in Barakin
Ladi Local Government Area.
Several houses in the villages which were
largely uninhabited as a result of previous
attacks were said to have been torched by
the attackers.
They also set harvested crops and other
valuables on fire, according to eye
witnesses.
Interim Chairman of Barkin Ladi LG, Mr.
Habila Dung in a phone interview said the
unknown gunmen stormed the villages in
the early hours of yesterday morning
destroying whatever they found.
Similarly, the member representing Riyom
Constituency in the Plateau State House of
Assembly Mr. Daniel Dem confirmed the
killings.
He said the two family members were
sleeping in an isolated house when they
were shot dead while two other family
members were injured.