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The Plateau state police command on Monday confirmed that gunmen had killed Amos Marit, village head of Tarangol community.

Tarangol community is in Bokkos local government area of Plateau.

Terna Tyopev, the command’s spokesperson, told NAN in Jos that Marit, 57, was shot in the back.

Tyopev said the killing was reported by two men, Enoch Michael and Christopher Marit, both of Fokkos village in Bokkos.

“Yesterday at about 8pm, one Enoch Michael and Christopher Marit reported at our Bokkos division that gunmen broke into the premises of Mr Amos Marit, the village head of Tarangol and fired him,” he said.

“He was immediately rushed to Luna Hospital in the locality but gave up the ghost while receiving treatment.

“Our men rushed to the scene of the incident, but the assailants had varnished.”

The spokesman said the body of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue.

He said no arrest had been made, assuring, however, that investigations were going on to find the people behind the killing.