Gunmen have killed seven youths at a tin mining site in Gakok, Kuru community, Jos South LGA of Plateau state.
The assailants reportedly invaded the mining site in the
early hours of Thursday.
In a statement, Gyang Sunday Pwajok, secretary-general of
Plateau Youth Council, Jos south LGA chapter, said the deceased were
“peacefully striving to make ends meet through legitimate mining activities
when their lives were brutally cut short”.
Pwajok said the incident deepens the pain of Plateau
residents pertaining to the “unending cycle of orchestrated violence and
bloodshed” in the state.
“These young men were peacefully striving to make ends meet
through legitimate mining activities when their lives were brutally cut short,”
the statement reads.
“This tragic incident further deepens the pain, fear and
anger of our people, as Plateau State continues to witness an unending cycle of
orchestrated violence and bloodshed. The persistent wave of killings is deeply
disturbing and unacceptable.
“We mourn with the families of the victims and the entire
Kuru community. May the gentle souls of the departed rest in perfect peace and
may God grant their loved ones the strength to bear this irreparable loss.
“The PYC Jos South LGA Chapter hereby calls on the Kuru
Traditional Council, youth organizations and relevant government authorities to
urgently restructure and strengthen the Mining Sites Unions, empowering them to
fully take charge of activities at all mining sites.
“This must include strict regulation, effective security
coordination and the immediate ban on night mining, which has continued to
expose innocent youths to avoidable dangers.”
According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-terrorism
publication, the victims were identified as Dung Gyang, 19; Weng Dung, 26;
Francis Paul, 25; Samuel Peter, 22; Dung Simon, 28; Pam Dung, 23; and Francis
Markus, 15.
The publication said when troops and police officers arrived
at the scene, they found cases of 7.62mm ammunition.
The corpses were subsequently moved to the Primary Health
Care Centre, Dabwak, Kuru.
Alfred Alabo, the Plateau police spokesperson, is yet to
respond to enquiries on the incident.
In December 2025, at least 12 persons were killed, while
three others were abducted, after gunmen attacked miners in Fan community of
Barkin Ladi LGA, Plateau state.
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