Police Nab Nasarawa Village Head Over Keana Killings

Police in Nasarawa State yesterday said the village head of Sarkin Noma in Keana local government area of the state, Ero Yaro, has been arrested in connection with an attack in the community where two persons were killed on Friday.

The command also said one person was abducted in the night attack which left an undisclosed number of locals injured.

The command’s spokesman, SP Ramhan Nansel, confirmed the development to LEADERSHIP in Lafia yesterday.

“Information was received that unknown gunmen invaded Sarkin Noma village, where they abducted one person and shot two others dead.

“Reacting to the development, the commissioner of police deployed operatives attached to Kadarko Division to the area. They combed the bush and arrested one Ero Yaro, 45 years, of Sarkin Noma village in connection with the crime,” he explained.

Our correspondent reports that the development triggered outrage by youths who blocked the very busy Lafia-Makurdi expressway, causing a heavy gridlock.

A youth leader in the community, Mr. Ogu Iliya, told journalists that gunmen had stormed the community around midnight, shooting sporadically.

He said the youths mobilised in self-defence, but in the ensuing face-off, one person was abducted and two others were shot dead.