Gunmen have again killed five persons in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The spokesman for the Plateau State Police Command, Alabo Alfred, was not readily available when contacted on the incident by our correspondent
He subsequently advised the federal and state governments to collaborate with the local communities and invest in information gathering so as to bring the ugly situation to an end.
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