The crisis in Jos, Plateau State, worsened
on Sunday as suspected Fulani herdsmen murdered a serving Senator, a
member of the state assembly and others at the mass burial of 63 victims
of Saturday’s attack.
The Senate confirmed the death of Senator
Gyang Dantong and the Majority Leader of the Plateau State House of
Assembly, Gyang Fulani.
“I can confirm that the Senator (Dantong)
was a casualty of the attack. He was attending a burial of those who
were killed on Saturday. We are also told that the Majority Leader of
the House of Assembly of Plateau State was also killed,” spokesman for
the Senate, Eyinnaya Abaribe, told told newsmen on Sunday.
Abaribe said the Senate would properly
react to the incident later.
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