The ethnic Fulani herdsmen, predominantly Muslims, attacked ethnic Christian Berom in Rim village outside Jos, the state capital, he told an AFP correspondent, without giving further details.
A politician in the area, Emmanuel Loman, confirmed the killings.
Nigeria's population of 160 million is roughly divided between a mainly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south.
Hundreds have died in recent years in communal clashes in Plateau state.
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