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Yet another community of Budel in the Tangur district of Bokkos Local Government in Plateau state came under attack on Thursday night.

This is barely a few days after armed groups launched attacks between Saturday evening and Tuesday morning on Bokkos Local Government Area in Plateau State, a community of Budel in 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.

– ‘Barbaric’ –
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.

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nlfpmod mynd44

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

Massiveglory:
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

I can't imagine some rag tag fools killing Americans day in, day out in America.
What on earth is the governor doing with all the money he receives as security votes?
Can't he set up a well equipped vigilante to combat these blood sucking killer demons?

Otilo

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 they are planning.

Nothing concern Nigeria since it's not happening in Alaigbo.

so sad that this people are so helpless

Why won't the attackers have a field day? When you'll travel covering four villages and it's only one army personnel you will find on duty, how can only one soldier maintain law and order of four villages?