Plateau Killings: Locals Set Up Vigilante Group, Thwarts Fresh Bandits Attack

In the Plateau state’s Bokkos Local Government Area, the watchful residents of Butura Village successfully thwarted a bandit plot to target motorcyclists.

The militants, who are thought to be Fulani terrorists, reportedly encountered fierce opposition from a local vigilante organisation that was established in the wake of the horrific slaughter that claimed the lives of over 200 people on Christmas Eve in 2023.

An account on the X platform called Citizens Observer praised the resistance efforts, calling the community’s actions “formidable” and advising communities in the Middle Belt region to arm themselves in order to protect their territory from ongoing attacks.

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The post stated, “Early this morning, while the world’s attention was on the #bomb explosion in #Ibadan, the #Fulani terrorists went for an attack on Butura, a village in Bokkos, the place where they killed over 200 #Christians on Christmas eve, but met a formidable resistance from the locals.

“That is what we want from the people of Middle Belt — arm yourselves and defend your land.

“Continue to organise yourselves in defence of your land; track every terrorist hideout in your locality and dislodge all of them.

“Those cowards are protected by the government; in actual fact, they can not fight without government covering up for them,” the post disclosed.

The Plateau State Police Command refuted the citizen’s statement, in contrast.

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The command’s spokesperson, Alfred Alabo, acknowledged the occurrence but informed Sahara Reporters that the police—not the local militants—were the ones who successfully drove out the bandits. Alabo added that in order to prevent spreading false information, the police were still in the process of obtaining correct information.

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