Students of Nigerian College of Accountancy fled on Tuesday as unknown gunmen attacked Kwall village of Bassa LGA of Plateau State, leaving two persons dead and five others seriously injured.

Information reaching the ViewPointNigeria news desk suggests that many houses were razed down and property worth millions destroyed.

According to the Secretary of the Irigwe Youths Movement, Mr. John Gana, the gunmen attacked the locality in the early hours and started shooting sporadically.

Speaking, he said “the gunshots created a state of pandemonium in the locality. Especially, because the community hosts the Nigerian College of Accountancy in the state, i.e., the training arm of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN).

“As I speak to you right now, most of the villagers have fled the community, while those who are still in the village are currently living in fear”.

Also, a student of the College of Accountancy in Kwall, who pleaded anonymity, said most students of the institution had fled the community to Jos.

He, however, said even though normalcy had been restored to the community, there was heavy presence of Military and police presence in the village.

Management Committee Chairman of Bassa LGA, Mrs Sarah Bali confirmed the incident.

She called for calm, assuring residents that security operatives were working round the clock to arrest the perpetrators of the act.

When the Police Public Relations Officer of the State Command, DSP Abu Emmanuel was contacted, he confirmed that there was an attack on the community.

Abuh said the police commissioner, Adekunle Oladunjoye had deployed both mobile and conventional Police men to the community to restore law and order.

The police spokesman said he was yet to receive reports on the number of casualty.

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Gunmen attack Plateau community, kill two, injure 5