Four killed in reported ambush on security convoy in Plateau

Four people were killed in an ambush on a security convoy in Plateau State, Premium Times Nigeria reported. The report identified the attackers as gunmen but did not provide details about their identities or affiliation. It also did not specify the precise location of the incident, the time it occurred or the identities of those killed.

Dalyop Mwantiri, president of the Berom Youth Moulders Association, said he was travelling with the security team’s convoy when the incident happened. His account places him among those travelling with the convoy during the reported attack. The supplied material does not state whether Mwantiri was injured or whether other people travelling in the convoy were wounded.

It also does not include a response from the police, military or state government. No information was provided on whether the attackers were arrested, whether an investigation had begun or what the convoy was doing when it was targeted. The report’s available details are limited to the reported deaths, the ambush and Mwantiri’s account of being present.

Premium Times Nigeria carried the report. Further facts about the circumstances of the attack, the victims and any official response were not included in the supplied source material.