Over 50 houses were burnt and eleven persons, including twins, were murdered in the early hours of Friday in two separate attacks carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen on two villages in Plateau State.

President Muhammadu Buhari had barely left Plateau State when the attacks were launched on Ganda village of Daffo District in Bokkos Local Government Area and Miango village in Bassa Local Government Area. The communities were attacked few hours after the inauguration of Plateau State Peace Building Agency by the President, who was in Jos, the state capital, on a working visit.

The Spokesperson for the Miango Youth Development Association, Lawrence Zongo, identified the five persons killed in Miango as Emmanuel Joseph (16), Christopher Joseph (16), Peace Joseph (6), Henry Audu (25), Illa Isa Peter (52). Three of them were siblings, out of which two of them were a set of twins.

He added that Cenka Amos, four, who he said was seriously injured, was receiving treatment at Enos Hospital, Miango.

He said, “What happened to us is very bad, (it happened) despite the presence of President Muhammadu Buhari. The state government has been preaching peace but Plateau State went up in flames. Five persons, including a set of twins (Emmanuel Joseph and Christopher Joseph) and their brother, Peace Joseph, were killed.

“We have been devastated and shocked. Despite all the peace meetings with the Fulani people, the assailants keep killing our innocent people without provocation. It is sad that the military cannot arrest the Fulani persons behind the killings. The government has failed in protecting lives and property of citizens. Our demand is that the perpetrators should be arrested and prosecuted.”

The National President of Irigwe Development Association and a former member of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Sunday Abdu, also confirmed the casualty figure of the Bassa attack, while the Spokesperson for Bokkos Local Government Area, Jerry Datim, confirmed that of Ganda.

Abdu said, “Yes, it is true that five people were killed in Miango by Fulani herdsmen in an attack which took place on Thursday night and lasted till the early part of Friday. Others were wounded in the unprovoked attack. The bodies of the five slaughtered people have been deposited at the hospital morgue. We are no longer in a hurry to bury our dead. Whenever we are going to bury them, we will let you people know.

“The Fulani herdsmen are killing us but they are the ones crying. What kind of pretence is that? I still appeal to the security personnel not to relent, but to step up vigilance and surveillance to stop this pogrom and unwarranted carnage.”

Datim said that “over 50 houses were burnt, six persons killed at Ganda, while several persons were also injured and rushed to the hospital.”

A lucky survivor, Matawal Mangut, who lost five brothers to the attackers in Ganda, lamented that their house was burnt completely and that everything they ever worked for was gone.

He called for “assistance from the federal and state governments” to help protect them from the persistent Fulani herders’ attacks in the area.

When contacted, the Spokesperson for Plateau State Police Command, Matthias Tyopev, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, confirmed the killings, describing it as “culpable homicide and grievous hurt.”

Tyopev also gave the names of some of the deceased persons but some of the details were different from the information provided by Zongo.

He said, “Yesterday (Thursday), March 8, 2018, at about 8 pm, some unknown gunmen attacked and killed four Irigwe people at Datanko village and one Fulani Christian at Nzharuvo village in Miango District. The deceased persons were identified as Emmanuel Joseph (male, 16 years), Christopher Joseph (male, 16 years), Peace Joseph (male, six years), Henry Audu (male, 25 years) and Samuel Isah (male, 48 years).

“Meanwhile, Samuel Isah has been buried, while four other corpses have been deposited at the Jos University teaching hospital's Mortuary " Chenka Amos, four, is still lying unconscious at Enos Private Hospital, Miango. The investigation is in progress; intensive patrol is being sustained.”

http://punchng.com/herdsmen-kill-11-torch-50-houses-in-plateau/

It about time we take a new approach to this menace, people can't be killed like flies everyday

may GOd help us

Na wa

It didn't take 24 hrs for buhari to send his animals to a peaceful protesting south east. But since its about his Fulani mates, he's insisting we pray for them... God! And the yorubas will go on to vote for this miscreant again... God!

Nigeria is a big shame

Nigeria is cursed

kcjazzy:
Nigeria is cursed

Nigeria is not cursed, the 'herdsmen' are.

Any plateau idiot that went out to welcome the demonic vile herdsman on that day will never know any good thing on earth here !!!! How can you go out to welcome a man who clearly despises you so much .... Well we just dey look them

Nigeria dead and buried under the dollard





Goats will still return him in 2019

Project Nigeria is Project death.

The white man knows there is no way to reduce the black man population especially in places like Nigeria than merging people with different languages, different appearance and different ideology together. And then support them to stay together.

An experiment that has failed from day 1 of creation of this country and to this day.

A mother gave birth to a child after sleepless night, train the child and watch the child grow only for her to see her child murdered by an unknown country man.

If we are not moved by the numerous mention of death everyday in our dailys then there something fundamentally wrong with a black man.

They did the same when he visited Taraba, killing immediately after he left..... Benue people should be at alert also as they are the next on Buhari visitation...

krissconnect:
It didn't take 24 hrs for buhari to send his animals to a peaceful protesting south east. But since its about his Fulani mates, he's insisting we pray for them... God! And the yorubas will go on to vote for this miscreant again... God!

Any thing, any lie just for likes.

Federal republic of social media!

Those idiats APC mobilized with 1k each to come out under d scorching sun to dance and jubilate in welcome to the greatest Dullardistic Presidiot Ever in d world, hope they have finished enjoying the 1k.

Let them vote the Presidiot come 2019 so that their families will be wiped off d face of Plateau. Yeye ppl

When will this stop

What a way to 'honour' a patron.

Now I understand why Benue people where forced to suspend the mass burial,

they want to increase the list on monday so that more people will be buried.

Somebody who is seeking re-election is this non chalant.

What will happen when he wins and has nothing at stake?


THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN MUST SET FORTH AT DAWN

Nigeria is a failed state

DANKWAMBO is the answer

Mr intergrity body odour couldnt stop them? Nna mehn!

Nawaa Ooooh.

Hmm, this is bad, and yet all that our sophisticated yoruba and wise igbo can do abt this is to bash and blame each other while while our born to rule brother keep dealing with us

After celebrating the coming of president that's how he will pay u people back be wise.

If first term is this bloody, how will second term be?

I don't have sympathy for fools who always allow themselves to be f***ked by illiterate Daura President.
Benue is next...Monday

They should stop calling this people herdsmen. These are fulani terrorist sponsord by the gobernment to conquer the remaining part of Nigeria. We are just keeping quient and things are going they way the script has been written.

If Buhari gets ellectes the second time, there will be likelyhood of civil war.
Its outrageous that this made from page but could not get to second page because its no longer news. Killing by fulani people is now normal

Buhari is bad news

tayebest:


Nigeria is not cursed, the 'herdsmen' are.

Not the herders but the 'leaders' that are cursed.

Buhari visited Nasarawa and herdsmen slaughtered the people after he departed.

He visited Taraba, and the same thing happened.

He visited Plateau and now people have been murdered.

He is billed to go to Benue on Monday!

What is really going on?

Yarimo, madridguy, buhariguy, sarrki, omenkalives. Looks like the visit of your baba to plateau state only made things worse.

Buhari is total bad news

Blakjewelry:
It about time we take a new approach to this menace, people can't be killed like flies everyday

They can kill and get away with it since Buhari is there to protect them