One security agent, attached to the Plateau State internal security agency, Operation Rainbow, was killed in Barakin Ladi Local Government Area of the state on Sunday during a scuffle with some soldiers attached to the Special Task Force in Jos.
Three other civilians were also injured.
The incident, according to eyewitnesses, occurred when some Operation Rainbow operatives and some councillors from the local government area were retuning from monitoring the continuous voter registration in the area.
It was gathered that when they approached got to a checkpoint, an argument ensued between them and the soldiers.
An STF soldier allegedly stabbed the Operation Rainbow personnel in his groin.
The man, identified as Mr. Chollom Pam, was said to have died instantly before any help could reach him.
The incident was said to have heightened tension the next day when the youths of the area protested the action of the soldiers by blocking the Barakin Ladi – Mangu road, forcing a traffic jam on the busy road that led to the central and southern zones of the state.
Commuters plying the road were left stranded for hours.
Chairman of the local government, Emmanuel Loman, while narrating the incident to newsmen, regretted it.
He said, “At about 7pm on Sunday, some councillors from my council and members of the Operation Rainbow security were returning home after monitoring the voter registration.
“Approaching an STF checkpoint , they stopped for security checks but instead of the STF to do their duty , they started insulting our councillors without provocation. They even threatened to shoot them. One of my legislator was dragged out of our official vehicle.
“It was at this point that the Operation Rainbow operatives tried to explain to the solider that they were returning from an official function, but an STF member instead brought out a knife and stabbed him on his private part and he died instantly,
Three other civilians were also injured.
The incident, according to eyewitnesses, occurred when some Operation Rainbow operatives and some councillors from the local government area were retuning from monitoring the continuous voter registration in the area.
It was gathered that when they approached got to a checkpoint, an argument ensued between them and the soldiers.
An STF soldier allegedly stabbed the Operation Rainbow personnel in his groin.
The man, identified as Mr. Chollom Pam, was said to have died instantly before any help could reach him.
The incident was said to have heightened tension the next day when the youths of the area protested the action of the soldiers by blocking the Barakin Ladi – Mangu road, forcing a traffic jam on the busy road that led to the central and southern zones of the state.
Commuters plying the road were left stranded for hours.
Chairman of the local government, Emmanuel Loman, while narrating the incident to newsmen, regretted it.
He said, “At about 7pm on Sunday, some councillors from my council and members of the Operation Rainbow security were returning home after monitoring the voter registration.
“Approaching an STF checkpoint , they stopped for security checks but instead of the STF to do their duty , they started insulting our councillors without provocation. They even threatened to shoot them. One of my legislator was dragged out of our official vehicle.
“It was at this point that the Operation Rainbow operatives tried to explain to the solider that they were returning from an official function, but an STF member instead brought out a knife and stabbed him on his private part and he died instantly,
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