The plateau region has been riddled for several years by religious and ethnic tensions.

By Yemi Kosoko
Updated December 29, 2023


Barely a few days after armed groups launched attacks between Saturday evening and Tuesday morning on a Local Government Area in Plateau State, a community of Budel in the Tangur district of the same local government came under attack on Thursday night.

The Transition Committee Chairman of Bokkos, Monday Kassah disclosed that marauders attacked the community at night burning and destroying homes.

Kassah explained that no death was recorded due to the timely intervention of security personnel.

While giving an update on the Christmas Day attack, the committee chairman explained the number of casualties still stands at 195, further confirming that rescue operations were ongoing to find missing persons

Of the number, 148 were killed in Bokkos Local Government Area, 19 in Mangu Local Government Area, and 27 in Barkin Ladi. 1,290 houses were burnt down in Bokkos council, one house was razed in Mangu LGA and that of Barkin Ladi was yet to be ascertained at press time.



Black Christmas In Plateau As Marauders Kill Over Residents In Fresh Attack
The Christmas Day attacks which started in the Bokkos area spilled into neighbouring Barkin Ladi where 30 people were found dead, according to local chairman Danjuma Dakil.

Plateau State governor Caleb Mutfwang condemned the violence, calling it “barbaric, brutal and unjustified”.



“The government will take proactive measures to curb ongoing attacks against innocent civilians,” said Gyang Bere, the governor’s spokesperson.

Gunfire could still be heard on late Monday afternoon, according to a source from the region,

A resident of Mushu village said people were sleeping when shots rang out.

“We were scared because we weren’t expecting an attack. People hid, but the assailants captured many of us, some were killed, others wounded,” he told AFP.



Amnesty International criticised the government in the wake of the attacks, saying “the Nigerian authorities have been failing to end frequent deadly attacks on rural communities of Plateau state,” in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

The plateau region has been riddled for several years by religious and ethnic tensions.

Hundreds of people have been killed while thousands have been rendered homeless in cases of intercommunal violence in recent years.

Competition for natural resources between nomadic herders and farmers, intensified by rapid population growth and climate pressures, has also exacerbated social tensions and sparked violence.




https://www.channelstv.com/2023/12/29/plateau-assailants-attack-another-community-in-bokkos/

This is the height of see finish

Land grabbers marauders

FG needs to order Nigerian Air force to lunch Arial attacks on people camping in forest

They plan attacks from forest, lunch attacks, clear villages and move-in with their cattles as new settlement



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The good people of Plateau State should hold their laughing governor accountable for the every souls killed by the terrorists.

We Nigerians should start calling out our governors. Those people are our biggest obstacles. They're just there, receiving monthly allocations, pay little civil servants salary and pocket the rest of the money.

No development, no security, nothing. I can bet the state don't have emergency number like 112 we have in Lagos.

DSS is dancing makossa.

The plateau people should go hire some Israelis or send some of your young men and women to Israel for training.
Na dem sabi the code to deal with this nuisance

Tinubu still dancing owambe in lagos. Hosting party members. Na dat one concern am.

Nothing concern him with security. What he cares is all about his political structure. Anything apart from that, on your own.

FG is helpless

Ireportlive:



Land grabbers marauders

FG needs to order Nigerian Air force to lunch Arial attacks on people camping in forest

They plan attacks from forest, lunch attacks, clear villages and move-in with their cattles as new settlement



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This clearly northern govt backed attacks and it's very clear

Isn't it obvious it's a sponsored attack by God knows who? Plateau people should rise up and defend themselves

I already said they will attacked another community again nah so it’s not a big deal make we just know how many unfortunate people they slaughtered…Those terrorists will still attack another communities on new year Eve…

madridguy:
The good people of Plateau State should hold their laughing governor accountable for the every souls killed by the terrorists.

We Nigerians should start calling out our governors. Those people are our biggest obstacles. They're just there, receiving monthly allocations, pay little civil servants salary and pocket the rest of the money.

No development, no security, nothing. I can bet the state don't have emergency number like 112 we have in Lagos.

You and APC called out Goodluck Jonathan for every carnage done by Bokoharam during his presidency and were in fact the mouthpiece of the terrorist group making Nairaland autocorrect Janjawêed to "Supporters of APC". You are a hypocrite and a disgusting one at that.

Tinubu should resign if he can't guarantee the safety of the people of the middle belt

Mouthing platitudes and releasing press statements like Buhari won't cut it this time around

Go and check my comment on the thread when the governors visited President Tinubu on Christmas day.

MadamExcellency:


You and APC called out Goodluck Jonathan for every carnage done by Bokoharam during his presidency and were in fact the mouthpiece of the terrorist group making Nairaland autocorrect Janjawêed to "Supporters of APC". You are a hypocrite and a disgusting one at that.

They collude !!! THEY COLLUDE !!!

madridguy:
The good people of Plateau State should hold their laughing governor accountable for the every souls killed by the terrorists.

We Nigerians should start calling out our governors. Those people are our biggest obstacles. They're just there, receiving monthly allocations, pay little civil servants salary and pocket the rest of the money.

No development, no security, nothing. I can bet the state don't have emergency number like 112 we have in Lagos.

And the commander in chief of all security forces shouldn't be held accountable?? Dey play

Until the community start serious retaliation not minding who among the Fulanis are involved or not, this will not stop. Those we call innocent Fulanis or ordinary herders are their informants and sometimes they hide them after they are done killing their host communities.
That is why I hardly comment on the armed people in SE who kill these people inside bushes. You never can tell what these lanky, malnourished looking devils are planning.

Omooba77:
The plateau region has been riddled for several years by religious and ethnic tensions.

By Yemi Kosoko
Updated December 29, 2023


Barely a few days after armed groups launched attacks between Saturday evening and Tuesday morning on a Local Government Area in Plateau State, a community of Budel in the Tangur district of the same local government came under attack on Thursday night.

The Transition Committee Chairman of Bokkos, Monday Kassah disclosed that marauders attacked the community at night burning and destroying homes.

Kassah explained that no death was recorded due to the timely intervention of security personnel.

While giving an update on the Christmas Day attack, the committee chairman explained the number of casualties still stands at 195, further confirming that rescue operations were ongoing to find missing persons

Of the number, 148 were killed in Bokkos Local Government Area, 19 in Mangu Local Government Area, and 27 in Barkin Ladi. 1,290 houses were burnt down in Bokkos council, one house was razed in Mangu LGA and that of Barkin Ladi was yet to be ascertained at press time.



Black Christmas In Plateau As Marauders Kill Over Residents In Fresh Attack
The Christmas Day attacks which started in the Bokkos area spilled into neighbouring Barkin Ladi where 30 people were found dead, according to local chairman Danjuma Dakil.

Plateau State governor Caleb Mutfwang condemned the violence, calling it “barbaric, brutal and unjustified”.



“The government will take proactive measures to curb ongoing attacks against innocent civilians,” said Gyang Bere, the governor’s spokesperson.

Gunfire could still be heard on late Monday afternoon, according to a source from the region,

A resident of Mushu village said people were sleeping when shots rang out.

“We were scared because we weren’t expecting an attack. People hid, but the assailants captured many of us, some were killed, others wounded,” he told AFP.



Amnesty International criticised the government in the wake of the attacks, saying “the Nigerian authorities have been failing to end frequent deadly attacks on rural communities of Plateau state,” in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

The plateau region has been riddled for several years by religious and ethnic tensions.

Hundreds of people have been killed while thousands have been rendered homeless in cases of intercommunal violence in recent years.

Competition for natural resources between nomadic herders and farmers, intensified by rapid population growth and climate pressures, has also exacerbated social tensions and sparked violence.




https://www.channelstv.com/2023/12/29/plateau-assailants-attack-another-community-in-bokkos/

The earliest everyone is FREE to defend himself/ herself, the better and peaceful for us all.

iwaeda:


The earliest everyone is FREE to defend himself/ herself, the better and peaceful for us all.

Honestly egbon me. Mynd44, Nlfpmod.......

Omooba77:


Honestly egbon me. Mynd44, Nlfpmod.......

Aku odun, elo le odun ni, Igbomina so kuku wo wo.

iwaeda:

Aku odun, elo le odun ni, Igbomina so kuku wo wo.

A dupe rara.....

Killer fulani herdsmen are not on twitter, Facebook or Nairaland. Until the people of the middle belt, especially Benue, Taraba and plateau, come together and copy amotekun template, nothing is likely going to change.

One day it will be over. The oppressed will wake up.

Make these villagers they hold their gun join. Until he government can guarantee their safety

Crazy! And I learned that they even sent a notice of attack to another community after their previous attack on Christmas. Could it be that this very community received the notice, and yet nothing was done to prevent it?

How is this happening that the security forces are useless

Please I don’t really understand how something happens again and again without anybody doing anything about it.
People of plateau should know they are at war and arm themselves

Muslim Muslim tickets is very bad