12 killed as bandits, vigilantes clash in Wase LGA of Plateau

Twelve (12) persons were killed in a clash between bandits and vigilantes, in Zak community of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Shapi’i Sambo, a youth leader in Wase who confirmed the latest development told our correspondent that the incident occurred around 9am on Monday explaining that “the clash left 12 people dead out which 9 were bandits while 3 were vigilantes.”

Our correspondent reports that Zak, is about 40 kilometers from Wase town, the headquarters of Wase LGA.

Major Ishaku Takwa, the spokesperson of the Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a multi security taskforce maintaining peace in the state, confirmed the incident to newsmen but could not ascertain the casualty figure of the incident, stressing that the commander and troops who repelled the attack moved to Gajin Bashar community to fight bandits who had stormed the area to attack, saying the men of the OPSH moved to Gajin Bashar after receiving distress calls of an attack.

The youth leader narrated that “The bandits came on motorcycles in their numbers in the morning. We suspected that they passed a night in a bush closed to Zak.

“When people realised that the bandits arrived the community, they quickly informed Operation Safe Haven stationed in Zak and they swiftly mobilised their troops to the general area and repelled the attacks together with the vigilantes, It was a serious clash,” Shapi’i added.