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Armed groups, locally referred to as “bandits”, attacked “no less than 20 villages” between Saturday evening and Monday morning, the Plateau state officials pointed out. It left many dead and several people injured and stranded
At least 160 people were killed in attacks by armed groups between Saturday evening and Monday in several villages in Plateau State, central Nigeria. Reports coming from Nigeria indicate that the situation is still not under control though the government is beefing up security apparatus to combat the situation.
Armed groups, locally referred to as “bandits”, attacked “no less than 20 villages” between Saturday evening and Monday morning, the Plateau state officials pointed out. It left many dead and several people injured and stranded. In addition to the 113 dead in the Bokkos constituency, at least 50 people were killed in four villages in the neighboring Barkin Ladi constituency, according to Dickson Chollom, a member of the local assembly.
Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang described the armed action as barbaric, brutal and unjustified. Proactive measures will be taken by the government to curb the ongoing attacks on innocent citizens, said Gyang Bere, the governor’s spokesman.
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The NGO Amnesty International reacted to the violence on its X account, judging that the Nigerian authorities have consistently failed in their attempts to put an end to these frequent attacks in Plateau State. The populations of north-western and central Nigeria live in terror of attacks by jihadist groups and criminal gangs who pillage villages and kill or kidnap their inhabitants, the agency further revealed.
