Plateau: BYM President escapes death as gunmen ambush Operation Rainbow, kill four

President of the Berom Youth Moulders Association, BYM, Barr. Dalyop Solomon Mwantiri, connected Tuesday narrowly escaped decease aft gunmen reportedly ambushed information operatives attached to Operation Rainbow successful Plateau State.

DAILY POST learnt that the gunmen killed 1 information unit and 3 civilians successful 2 abstracted attacks successful Rakok community, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state.

Mwantiri, who confirmed the incidental successful a connection shared connected societal media precocious connected Tuesday, said helium narrowly escaped being caught up successful the incident.

He said the information unit were attacked on Gagshi Road successful the assembly country arsenic they responded to a distress telephone but ran into an ambush acceptable up by the terrorists.

Describing the improvement arsenic an denotation that the information concern successful the authorities was taking a bigger magnitude contempt a dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed connected Barkin Ladi, Mangu and Bokkos LGAs, Mwantiri said:

“I would person besides been progressive successful that incidental if not that God, retired of His mercy, saved me.”

Mwantiri, who said helium was portion of the Operation Rainbow convoy, added that “The insecurity concern is present taking a bigger magnitude arsenic the attacks are nary longer confined to the night. They are present occurring successful wide daylight.”

“This information ...