Not less than four persons were ambushed and killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Angwan Rogo Village at Jebu Bassa, Miango District of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.

CEOAfrica gathered that the incident occurred at about 10 p.m. on Wednesday night while the victims were returning from fetching construction sand with a tipper truck, when they were attacked and killed.

Police Public Relations Officer of the Plateau State Police Command, Marthias Terna Tyopev, confirming the attack, said four persons were gruesomely killed.

He gave names of the murdered persons as Adams Sunday, 38, Jatau Akus, 39, Chhu Awarhai 22, and Marcus Mali, 22.

Member representing Jos North Bassa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Suleiman Kwande, condemned the killings and called on security agents to arrest the perpetrators of the act.

The lawmaker condoled with families who lost their love ones and called for peace among the inhabitants of Bassa Local Government Area of the middle belt Nigerian state.

Similarly, member representing Jos South/Jos East in the House of Representatives and Senatorial Aspirant, Hon. Edward Pwajok, described the killings as barbaric and unfortunate.

He said Plateau is the most peaceful state and wondered why some bad individuals are bent on robbing the poor inhabitants of their hard-earned peace.