Some gunmen have killed a woman identified as Mrs Shoni Michael in Plateau State.

Residents said her daughter who was with her escaped but was also shot by the bandits before she fled into the bush.

Community sources said the victims were cooking food in their house in the Mangu community when the gunmen attacked them, killing the woman on the spot while her daughter sustained injuries.

The incident, The Nation further gathered, happened in Kikyau village in Mangu Local Government Area on Wednesday evening.

A resident of Kikyau village, Christiana John, confirmed the attack to our correspondence in Jos.

John said: “An aged woman was killed in our Kikyau village last night after she was shot by armed men who we know to be Fulani terrorists.

“Her name is Shoni Michael. Her daughter sustained gunshot injuries.

“It’s very sad because the victims were at their residence while preparing food for the family at 4:30 pm on Wednesday when the terrorists suddenly appeared and opened fire on them.”

The resident, who condemned the attack, called on the security agents to beam their searchlight on Kikyau and the neighbouring communities to stop the activities of the terrorists that had become more regular in recent times.

The spokesman for the Plateau State Police Command, DSP Alfred Alabo, could not be reached after several calls were made to his phone.

The Nation