At least three persons, including a Bokkos University student, were killed on Thursday night after suspected gunmen invaded the Butura community in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State.
According to Daily Trust, a Student at the institution, who gave his name as George Lazarus, said a 200-level student of Computer Science development was among those killed.
It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the community at about 9 pm and started shooting continuously.
Sources from the community, while confirming the incident, said that the killing of the student prompted a protest by students but was dispersed by personnel of Operation Safe, maintaining peace in the area.
Contacted the Spokesperson of Operation Safe Haven, Major Samson Zhakom, who said he was unaware of the attack but would confirm from the area and get back to our correspondent. As at the time of filing this report, he had not called back.