A first class monarch in Plateau State, the Saf Ron Kulere and Chairman, Bokkos Traditional Council in the state, Saf Lazarus Agai and four other people were yesterday murdered by suspected herdsmen in the state. Agai was said to have been murdered yesterday evening with his security detail in his home village, Sha, by the gunmen.

The killing of the first class monarch came barely one month after another traditional ruler, Saf David Adake, was also killed in Manguna village of Bokkos Local Government Area, where the former Governor of the state and senator representing Plateau Central in the National Assembly, Senator Joshua Dariye, hails from. Former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Titus Alarms, confirmed the killing of the traditional ruler, including four other persons to New Telegraph on phone yesterday.

According to him; “It is true that the first class chief was killed, includ-ing four other persons, but we will get more details tomorrow morning,” he said.

However, the Plateau State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Terna and a member representing Bokkos Constituency in the state House of Assembly, Hon. Sunday Muchen and other sources in the local government, confirmed the incident. New Telegraph gathered that the chief was attacked and killed together with his security when he went to his farm on Monday evening.