Some offended youths on Tuesday morning set the home of a farmer ablaze inside the Angwa Rukuba-Etoo Baba group within the Jos space of Plateau State.
Our correspondent gathered that the offended youths also went to his poultry farm in the locality and looted his birds before setting the farm ablaze.
A resident of the group, Mrs Janet Haruna, who confirmed the incident to Foxiz NIGERIA in Jos on Tuesday, stated the motion of the youths adopted an alleged killing of a safety man said to be working for the farmer.
Haruna stated, “We want assistance in our Angwa Rukuba-Etoo Baba group in Jos North LGA because some offended youths have simply set the home of a farmer on fire.
“The fire has just burned the home, including the automobiles packed within the farmer’s compound, and it has just spread to a different building belonging to his neighbour.
“From what I heard, the youth had been offended as a result of a safety man working for the farmer was killed after he was accused of stealing some eggs from his poultry farm.
“It was the farmer’s son who was alleged to have killed the safety guard on the poultry farm. The son, who had been suspecting the safety guard of stealing, was stated to have caught him red-handed and began beating him; within the course of, the safety guard collapsed and died; then the youth got here to their household home and set it ablaze. The corpse of the safety guard has been evacuated to the hospital.”
It was learnt that males of the state hearth service had arrived in the neighbourhood to prevent the fireplace from spreading to different areas. In contrast, safety operatives were deployed to forestall additional breakdowns of legislation and order.
When contacted, the spokesman for the state police command, Alabo Alfred, referred our correspondent to the Divisional Police Officer accountable for the world, whom he stated was already working to deal with the state of affairs.
