By Clifford Ndujihe & Henry Umoru
It started on Christmas eve and by yesterday, a series of attacks by gunmen on communities in two local government areas of Plateau State have left no fewer than 115 citizens dead, hundreds injured and 221 houses razed.
Confirming the death toll, a tearful Governor Caleb Mutfwang said the massacre was unprovoked and tasked security agents to unravel the sponsors of the “carnage” and their blood-thirsty foot-soldiers.
Other accounts said no fewer than 140 persons were killed during the attacks.
Narrating, on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, the blood-curling simultaneous attacks by assailants on over 15 communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi LGAs of the state on Christmas eve, Mutfwang lamented: “Just when we had finished preparations for Christmas, unprovoked attacks were unleashed on our communities.”
Several houses were set ablaze by the attackers on Sunday night. The gun-wielding and blood-curling men also looted…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
