Plateau: Suspected bandits storm mining site, shoot miner dead 

A miner identified arsenic Mr Dachung Dacholom has died aft suspected Fulani militia members reportedly opened occurrence astatine an amerciable mining tract successful Rim community, Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State.

The incidental occurred astatine astir 11:00 a.m. connected Saturday, August 22, 2026, erstwhile troops of Sector 6, Operation ENDURING PEACE, deployed to Rim responded to reports of sporadic gunshots astir the site.

According to information expert Zagazola Makama, troops alongside unit of the Department of State Services, DSS, arrived astatine the determination and recovered Dacholom’s body.

“The assailants were said to person opened occurrence connected miners astatine the tract earlier fleeing into the surrounding precocious grounds,” Makama said.

Troops and DSS unit subsequently searched the country for the attackers but did not marque interaction with them.

Dacholom’s remains were aboriginal handed implicit to his household for burial.

According to the report, information agencies person since intensified patrols astir the assemblage to forestall further attacks and incorporate imaginable tension.

Efforts are besides ongoing to place and apprehend those liable for the shooting.

Plateau: Suspected bandits tempest mining site, sprout miner dead ...