Irate youths on Tuesday in Angwa Rukuba-Etoo Baba community in Jos, Plateau State, reportedly set fire to a farmer’s residence in the community.
The enraged young individuals also visited his poultry farm in the area, where they stole his birds before proceeding to set the farm on fire.
Mrs. Janet Haruna, a resident of the community, said that the youths’ actions were in response to the reported killing of a security guard employed by the farmer.
She said, “We need help in our Angwa Rukuba-Etoo Baba community in Jos North LGA because some angry youths have just set the house of a farmer on fire.
“The fire has just burnt the house, including the cars packed in the farmer’s compound, and it has just spread to another building belonging to his neighbour.
“From what I heard, the youth were angry because a security man working for the farmer was killed after he was accused of stealing some eggs from his poultry farm.
“It was the farmer’s son who was alleged to have killed the security guard at the poultry farm. The son, who had been suspecting the security guard of stealing, was said to have caught him red-handed and started beating him; in the process, the security guard collapsed and died; then the youth came to their family house and set it ablaze. The corpse of the security guard has been evacuated to the hospital.”
