At least two persons have been killed following a deadly attack by bandits suspected to be Fulani herdsmen at an illegal mining site in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.
It was gathered that troops of Operation Enduring Peace, OPEP, have recovered the corpses and rescued one victim after the attack.
Sources told a security expert, Zagazola Makama, that the incident occurred at about 1:30 p.m. on May 11 at Kedawa village in Barkin Ladi LGA.
According to him, the sources disclosed that troops of Sector 4, Sub-Sector 41 Gashish, swiftly responded to reports of an attack on illegal miners operating at the site.
He said that upon arrival at the scene, troops discovered the corpses of two victims identified as Mr Napan Danjuma and Mr Leba, while the assailants had fled before the arrival of security personnel.
