By Adesina Soyooye
The streets of Jos, Plateau State were again gripped by fear when gunmen who disguised in military camouflage uniform unleashed terror on unsuspecting citizens.
The assailants exploited a briefly relaxed security and launched a fresh attack on residents a couple of hours after the Plateau State Government relaxed the 48-hour curfew, it had imposed after the Palm Sunday massacre which claimed the lives of about 27 people in the Angwan Rukuba community.
The seeming calm witnessed Wednesday morning shattered when the attackers, again, arrived on motorcycles dressed in military uniforms to evade suspicion. They then moved through settlements shooting.
Eyewitness accounts say hell was let loose when they opened fire on people before speeding away and disappeared to the outskirts of the city. It is not known how many casualties were recorded.
The Government had relaxed the restriction it placed on movements from 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, in the belief that normalcy was returning to the bloodied region.
Reacting to the situation, the Spokesperson for the Military Task Force, Operation Enduring Task Force, Captain Chinonso Oteh, said that troops have been deployed to track down the assailants.
He warned the public of the presence of fake soldiers and urged members to be very vigilant when they see individuals in uniform.
In another development, thugs, mainly youths, took to the streets of Jos on Wednesday, assaulting and mobbing, and, killed at least one innocent young man with stones and clubs. A number of vehicles had their windows smashed.
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