Armed men in Military Hilux van were said to have stormed and barricade the road leading to the resident of the special adviser to Governor Jonah Jang, Hon. Pam Ayuba Dangwong, at Dandyes-Chugwi in Vwang district of Jos South local government area of Plateau State in an attempt to assassinate him.
the alleged gunmen invaded the village at about 8:30pam on Saturday when the special adviser was holding meeting with church elders in his house.
Investigation revealed that the suspected assassins who were in eight Hilux van and two Vectra-cars took strategic positions across the fence of the house while others made attempt to force themselves into the compound even as the main gate was said to have been under luck and key.
Residents of the community who were preparing to go to bed were terrified as the incident was the first of its kind in the area, particularly as the suspects were said to wear military uniforms and were also conveyed in military Hilux vans.
further revealed that there were no military check points in the community in the last three years.
Our correspondent who visited the resident saw people filing into the house to sympathise with the special adviser while heavy stones were used to barricade the road to the house by youths in the community to prevent strange people coming to the street after the incident.
The special adviser, Hon. Dangwong while reacting on the development said he was in a meeting with Church elders in his resident at about 8:30pam when children ran into the venue informing him that there are military men in Hilux van outside the compound.
He said when he looked through the window, he sighted military Hilux vans with armed men taking strategic position around the house and that it took him time to control people within the house, while watching what was going on.
When asked if there has been any threat to his life, he said, “I have received several threat messages and warning from unknown people, in fact the visit was an unusual event to me and it is very strange, particularly now that we have not had STF men in Vwang community in the last three years”.
According to him, he has made contact with STF commander in charge of Jos South and he denied any operation in the community.
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