By Golok Nanmwa
Suspected gunmen have ambushed and killed two farmers in Takkas community, Fier Ward of Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State, in separate attacks that have heightened fears among residents.
Sources told Vanguard that the victims were attacked while working on their farms on Sunday and Monday.
The member representing Pankshin North Constituency in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dewan Gabriel, who confirmed the incident to Vanguard, said one victim was killed on Sunday while the second was murdered on Monday evening.
According to him, the attackers ambushed the victims on their farms, adding that one of the corpses was deposited at the General Hospital, Pankshin, while the other was taken to a Christian hospital in the area.
