No fewer than five people have been killed during a fresh attack by unknown gunmen in the Chando-Zrrechi (Tafi-Gana) village located in the Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State on Tuesday night.

Confirming the attack on Wednesday in Jos, the National President of the Irigwe Development Association, Ezekiel Bini, told The PUNCH that the whereabouts of at least four other persons have remained unknown after they were captured by the assailants.

Bini said, “Yes, the killing of the five persons is true and we are on our way to meet the governor over the continued killings in our communities in Bassa.

“Our people were attacked last night (Tuesday) at Chando-Zrrechi and five people were killed.

“They were in their homes when the gunmen came and killed them despite the curfew imposed by the state government.

“Their corpses have just been deposited at the mortuary. Aside from the five people that were killed last night, four other villagers were also captured on Sunday and since then, we have not seen them.”

When contacted, the Military Information Officer of Operation Safe Haven, Major Ishaku Takwa, was not immediately available for comment over the attacks as of the time of filing this report.