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Bandits amputate a 5-months old baby, kill four other children in Plateau attacks

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  Armed bandits amputated a 5 months old baby boy during attack in Danda Chugwi village, Jos South Local Government Area Plateau State. The National Publicity Secretary of the Berom Youth Moulders Association, Rwang Tengwong, identified the deceased as Pam Dawho, 59; Nvou Gyang, 43; Jah Pam, 50; Ruth Bot, 16; Chundung Gyang, 9; Mercy Gyang,12; and Benjamin Gyang, 5.  Among those injured was the five-month-old baby boy whose hand was amputated by the gunmen.   The victims were laid to rest in the village on Monday, August 1 after a funeral mass.  Meanwhile, Member Representing Jos South/Jos Federal Constituency of Plateau State in the House of Representatives Abuja Hon. Dachung Musa Bagos has expressed sadness over the killing of his eight constituents. "I am angry and enraged by the daily killing within and around my constituency. I want to state emphatically, that I will continue to talk about these callous attitudes of known criminals amongst us until they are all gotten rid of

A 65-year-old woman has been murdered by suspected ritualists in Ilesa, Osun State.

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  The victim was found dead on Monday, August 1, 2022, on her farm at Fadahunsi area of Ilesa at noon.   Spokesperson of the Osun Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday, said the assailants plucked out the woman's eyes.   “Dare Oluyemi of Odundun area reported that his mother, one Oluyemi Tunmise, aged about 65 years, who family members have been searching for since Saturday, 30/07/22, was found dead on her farm at Fadahunsi area Ilesa at about 1130 hours with one of her eyes plucked out by yet to be identified assailants," the statement read.    The statement added that the complainant and other children of the deceased had refused to allow the police to take the corpse of their late mother to the mortuary.   The PPRO said the children of the deceased wished to bury their mother, adding that they threatened violence if the police insisted on going ahead to evacuate the corpse to a mortuary.