Seven injured as gunmen attack market traders in Plateau

The Plateau Commissioner of Police Ayodeji Faniyan. Photo: NPF

The Plateau State Police Command on Monday confirmed that seven people were injured in a shooting incident along the Bukuru Expressway in the Jos South Local Government Area of the state.

The traders were said to have been returning from the market when gunmen opened fire on them at Bukuru community in the Jos South Local Government Area on Sunday.

In a statement on Monday, the command condemned the attack, which it said targeted traders returning from Kara Market in Bukuru.

The spokesman for the command, SP Alfred Alabo, disclosed this in a statement issued in Jos.

The statement, signed by Alabo, partly read, “The Plateau State Police Command has received with deep concern the report of a shooting incident that occurred on 4th October, 2026 at about 04:30 pm along Bukuru Expressway, Jos South LGA.

“Preliminary investigation indicates that the vehicle targeted was conveying traders returning from Kara Market, Bukuru, Jos. Seven injured victims have so far been traced to the Military Clinic, Rukuba Barracks, Jos, where they are receiving medical attention.”

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According to the statement, the Commissioner of Police, Plateau State Command, CP Ayodeji Faniyan, directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Department of Investigations to take full charge of the investigation and ensure that the perpetrators were fished out and made to face the full wrath of the law.

“The Command strongly condemns this dastardly act and wishes the injured victims a quick recovery.

“Meanwhile, Tactical Teams and Anti-robbery Teams have been mobilised to beef up security around the general area while intelligence has been stepped up to identify and arrest the perpetrators,” the statement added.

The command advised residents of the state to go about their lawful business and report any suspicious activity to the police through the Control Room emergency numbers: 07059473022 and 08038907662.

It also released numbers for reporting unethical conduct by officers: ACP X-SQUAD – 08034448617, PPRO – 08060545670, CRU – 08037681026 and PCB – 09016146804, adding that further developments would be communicated accordingly.