UPDATE: 10 KILLED AS GUNMEN ATTACK MOURNERS IN PLATEAU
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Ten people have reportedly been slain in a horrific ambush by gunmen on mourners in the Ruwi town of Plateau State’s Bokkos Local Government Area.
According to reports, the gunmen assaulted the mourners on Thursday night after they had assembled at the home of a deceased family in the neighborhood.
Seven of the victims, who were primarily women, were savagely clubbed to death with machetes, according to witnesses.
Witnesses also reported that two additional ladies were hurt in the incident, and three men were among the dead.
Mr. Kefas Mallai, the Chairman of the Community Peace Observers in Bokkos LG, confirmed the killings to reporters in Jos on Friday, saying that the murderers used the gathering of mourning as an opportunity to do the horrible crime.
Mallai noted that security personnel were alerted to the attack, but unfortunately, they arrived after the perpetrators had fled the scene.
The chairman said, “Yes, it is true. It was around 10pm yesterday, March 27, 2025, at Ruwi community in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau state.
“The victims were mostly women. Seven women were clubbed to death with matchettes. Three men were killed, too, with two other women injured because many of them were women.
“They came to mourn their loved one that died a natural death. So, they were just there as is our tradition which demands that they would gather at the deceased family house and many of them would sleep over till the next day and even three days especially relatives just to keep the deceased family company.
“So that was the situation, and the enemy took advantage of that and came in the night and slaughtered the mourners around 10pm. I learnt the perpetrators were killer Fulani herders. When the attack was taking place, I learnt security men were called to the village, but before they could arrive at the place, the killers had finished their evil act and fled the scene.
“But as it is now, there is no any retaliation from the community and even the Bokkos town is calm but if you go the affected community, that is where you will see crowd that has gathered, bemoaning the calamity that has befallen the people ”
“So at the moment, the community is currently in a state of shock and mourning, with many gathering at the affected community to bemoan the calamity”
When contacted, the Spokesman for the Plateau State Police Command, Alabo Alfred, could not be reached immediately as his phone indicated that it was switched off.
The attack came barely one week after the police Command had convened an enlarged stakeholders meeting where participants, including farmers and herders, pledged to keep the peace in the state.
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