Plateau Vigilante Member Shot Dead as Security Forces Hunt Kidnappers

A 28-year-old member of a local vigilante group, Goyok Jamok, was shot dead in Magi Mbar village in Plateau State’s Bokkos Local Government Area, as security forces began a search for suspected kidnappers blamed for the attack.

Attack and security response

1. The killing occurred at about 7:30 a.m. on October 10 in Magi Mbar, a community in the Mbar area of Bokkos.
2. Troops from Sector 5 of Operation Enduring Peace, stationed in Mbar, moved to the village after receiving reports of the incident.
3. On arrival, the soldiers found Jamok dead with gunshot injuries. Security personnel concluded that suspected kidnappers had shot him.
4. The attackers fled after noticing the advancing troops, leaving the area before their apparent operation could continue.
5. Jamok’s family later removed his body from the scene for burial.
6. Security forces have begun efforts to locate and detain the suspects who escaped.

Authorities did not disclose further details on the events leading to the shooting, the suspected attackers’ identities, or the nature of the mission they reportedly abandoned.