Gunmen killed Rev. Musa Hyok and his two sons in the Ganawuri community of Riyom Local Government Area, Plateau State. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo, confirmed the incident to reporters on Monday in Jos, stating that the slain cleric, a priest of the Church of Christ in Nation, was killed on Sunday morning. “The command has commenced an investigation to unravel those behind the attack,” Alabo said.
Mr. Song Moro, the community’s youth leader, alleged that the killings were a reprisal for the earlier death of three Fulani youths in the area. He explained that trouble began when suspected Fulani kidnappers were arrested last Wednesday, which is market day, but later escaped into the hands of Fulani vigilantes who were supposed to hold them until security operatives arrived. “The situation degenerated into an argument and later escalated to a clash, leading to the death of three Fulani youths despite several meetings and appeals for calm,” Moro said. “We suspect that this situation led to the attack on an innocent family that knows nothing about last Wednesday’s incident.”
Moro added that the bodies of the pastor and his sons were buried today amid tension and tight security throughout the Ganawuri axis.
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