12 killed, 13 arrested in Plateau, Niger

Gunmen have killed 11 persons at Lopandet Dwei community in Du District of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, the state Police Command confirmed on Monday.
DSP Terna Tyopev, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, said in Jos that the attack was carried out on Sunday night.
“Yesterday about 8:30p.m, we received a distress call that gunmen attacked Lopandet Dwei Du area of Jos South Local Government Area of the state.
“We immediately mobilised to the scene. On arrival,  we discovered that some people were already shot.
“We immediately rushed the victims to Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) and Plateau Specialist Hospital.
“Doctors at both hospitals confirmed the death of 11 persons while 12 others who are badly wounded were being treated at the hospitals, ” he said.
Tyopev said armed security personnel were deployed to the area to forestall further attacks and break down of law and order.
He said investigation was ongoing to arrest the perpetrators of the heinous crime.
The spokesperson appealed to residents of the area to remain calm and law-abiding, assuring that security agencies were doing everything to secure lives and properties.
Meanwhile, Mr Dibal Yakadi, Commissioner of Police, Niger State, confirmed on Monday in Minna that one person was killed and 13 suspects arrested in a clash between the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) members and students of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida.
Yakadi attributed the clash to the refusal of a union member to drop off the students he carried from Minna at the Poly Junction instead of the Etsu Yahaya Motor Park, Bida.
According to the police chief, the vehicle was driven by one Baba Mohammed from Minna to Bida.
“As a result, a fight ensued and a student  sustained bruises while the driver sustained injuries on the neck.”
The commissioner of police said the students mobilised in large number and went to Estu Yahaya Park to attack the union members, during which  seven motorcycles were burnt.
“A  lecturer in the institution,  Danlami Mohammed, Johnson Ouoha and Habib Mohammed were wounded.
“Consequently, the youth in the town went on rampage, attacking off campus students and innocent visitors in houses and hotels around the institution,” Yakadi said.
He said that 13 suspects were arrested and being interrogated in connection with the fracas.
“Ten students are currently on admission at the General Hospital Bida, while one person was confirmed dead,” the police commissioner said.
He said that  the command had deployed 40 mobile policemen and 20 conventional police from Minna, to beef up security at Bida.
Meanwhile, Dr Abubakar Dzukogi, Rector, Federal Polytechnic Bida, confirmed that a student was killed during the attack.
Dzukogi said in Minna that peace had now returned to the institution, adding that the authorities would investigate the matter, while those found wanting would be dealt with accordingly.