Barely 24 hours  after the Plateau State Governor imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on Bassa Local Government Area, armed persons attacked a community in the area, killing at least six persons in Bassa Local Government Area, with several houses burnt, the police comfirmed.

 The incident was said to have happened on Saturday night in Taagbe village, near Kent Academy in Bassa LGA and lasted for many hours.

 The attack followed reported threats of attacks in a community near Jos Wild Life Park, about five kilometres away from Taagbe village.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Terna Tyopev, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos that the attackers, who invaded the village at 12 midnight, also burnt down 10 houses.

He said that those injured had been taken to various hospitals in Jos. Among those killed were five adults and a teenager, residents said.

A community leader and eyewitness revealed that the attack was one of the deadliest in recent times.

 He said, “God should intervene and save us from these Fulani boys. During the attack, they came in several numbers, swooped on the villagers at midnight and struck.

Also Udie Adie, the Commissioner of Police in Plateau, visited the affected village on Sunday.

Mr. Adie, who spoke with journalists at the scene of the attack, described it as “very unfortunate”.

“We shall deploy officers and men to fish out the perpetrators and bring them to book.

“We shall also identify critical stakeholders within the area and work with them toward ending these attacks. We must find a way to end these incessant attacks on the locals.

“For now, we shall keep our officers and men on ground to protect the area; we shall try to ensure that no one takes the law into his hands,” he said.

Those killed had been buried while the injured were taken to hospitals.