PROTEST AS GUNMEN KILL 12 IN PLATEAU VILLAGE AGAIN

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Twelve people have been slain in a gunman’s retaliatory attack against the Tilengpat Pushit community in Plateau State’s Mangu Local Government Area.

It was discovered that the attacks that resulted in the victims’ deaths happened late on Thursday night.

In the state’s Bokkos and Mangu local government regions, namely in the villages of Mandung-Mushu and Kopnanle, ten people were shot and killed by gunmen last week.

They also caused property, including the villagers’ homes, to catch fire and injured a number of people.

Markus Argue, the Chairman of the Mangu Local Government Area, told reporters in Jos on Friday that the most recent deaths had occurred.

He said, “Yes, it is true that our people have just been attacked again and killed for no reason. It happened last night. As I talk to you, I’m in the affected community in Pushit. I can not give you the figure of victims for now because we are still assessing the situation but what we don’t understand is why some people will just target women and children in their homes and just kill them for no reason.

A community leader in Pushit, who gave his name simply as John, however, told our correspondent that twelve dead bodies had so far been recovered at the scene of the attack and the nearby bush from the latest attack.

John said, “So far, we have recovered twelve dead bodies of individuals who were brutally murdered during the attack in the Pushit community and their bodies recovered.

“The identities of the victims have not yet been disclosed, pending notification of their families. The Law enforcement agencies are also here and have initiated investigations into the matter to ascertain the motive behind these heinous crimes and to apprehend the perpetrators responsible for this reprehensible act”

The Spokesman for the Plateau State Police Command, Alabo Alfred could not be immediately reached for comment on the incident but sources at the Command headquarters in Jos said that security operatives had been deployed to the affected community

Meanwhile, women in Bokkos Local Government Area have taken to the streets in protests over the renewed violent attacks by gunmen in their communities.

Some residents in Bokkos town said that the protesting women were headed to the Council headquarters to register their grievances

Details later…