by Chi Ibe

Five human heads were found in home of a community leader in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State yesterday January 25.

Security men made up of soldiers and policemen from Abuja who were on investigation discovered the human heads in the ceiling after a search of the premises at about 10.30 am following a hint.

According to reports, the community leader popularly called Ardo was arrested and taken away with the human heads and ammunition also found in the house.

Chairman, Management Committee of the local government, Ifa Shikben confirmed the findings and the arrest of the Ardo but could not give details saying he merely stumbled on the scene.

According to him, he was returning from an armed robbery scene when he ran into the raid on the Ardo’s residence.

Meanwhile, more corpses have been reportedly discovered in Wase Local Government Area following Wednesday’s sectarian crisis even as the state government expressed concern over the outbreak of fresh hostilities in some parts of the state.

Sources from the local government said there were about five casualties yesterday as the hostilities between natives and pastoralists worsened.

Condemning the resurgence of violence in Wase, Jos South and Barkin Ladi local government areas, the Commissioner for Information, Yiljap Abraham said in a statement that they “appear deliberately aimed at plunging the state into larger and perpetual conflict.”

He urged the people to remain calm assuring that government had initiated steps to douse tension and avoid a spread of the violence.