Plateau state

After gunmen stormed Adu village in Kwal District of Bassa Local Government Area, Plateau State, nine deaths were officially verified on Monday.

The Anaedoonline in Jos received confirmation of the villagers’ demise on Monday from Nuhu Bitrus, a spokesman for the Miango Youths Development Association.

“Yes, nine people were killed in an attack in the village of Adu yesterday (Sunday). Around nine o’clock,” said Bitrus, “it happened.

He said that as a result of the attack, the community had decided to postpone the celebration of Nigeria’s 63rd anniversary and had changed the event scheduled for Monday (today) into a day of grief and prayer for the wellbeing of the populace.

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The youth leader added, “We are not happy that we are today mourning the death of nine of our people in Adu village who were killed last night (Sunday ) in an attack.

“It is unfortunate that while others are celebrating Nigeria’s 63rd independence, we are gathering in Kwal to bury our people. As a community, we had planned to celebrate Nigeria’s 63rd independence celebration today (Monday) with a lot of activities but we are not doing that anymore. We have turned the event into a prayer day for the safety of our communities.”

The youth leader called on the government at all levels to stop further attacks in Bassa communities.
As of the time of filing this report, the spokesman for the Plateau state Police Command, Alabo Alfred, could not be reached when contacted for reaction on the incident.

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One person was reported deceased yesterday after a truck collided into a commercial center in Jos, the capital of the Plateau State. The event, which took place on Tuesday night when the driver of the car lost control, was learned by The Guardian.

At the scene of the event yesterday, a witness who wished to remain anonymous told newsmen that one of the truck’s other five occupants suffered a deep cut on his neck in addition to the other four suffering injuries.

He claims that the incident happened at around 11:00 p.m. during a torrential downpour near the D/B Zang Junction in the state’s Jos South Local Council.

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It was learnt that the victims were evacuated by police officers, who rushed them to a hospital for medical attention.The truck also destroyed electrical installations, including the only transformer that supplies power to residents of Gyel District of Bukuru, the headquarters of Jos South Local Council.

The truck was loaded with bags of sweet potatoes, along the Jos-Abuja Expressway, when the incident occurred. It was further gathered that it was a field day for residents who defied the heavy rains to pick the scattered potatoes for their use.

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In a new attack by gunmen on the Heipang Community in the Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, at least 17 people have been killed.

According to ANAEDOONLINE, the attack took place at around one in the morning while the majority of community members were asleep.
Three days prior, a passenger was attacked and killed in the Heipang region while returning from Kara, a cattle market in Bukuru.

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The Berom Youth Moulders association (BYM) had on Tuesday condemned the killing of the commuter, explaining that the attack was purely an act of criminality by enemies of peace.
The spokesperson of the Operation Safe Haven, a multi-security taskforce maintaining peace in the state, Captain Ola James, who confirmed the latest incident said troops of the operation had been deployed to the community.

He said, “There was an early warning signal that some bandits could launch attacks in the area which prompted the operation to mount checkpoints in the area but the bandits followed another route, and attacked the community. 17 were confirmed killed. The commander of OPSH was in the attacked community.
“We suspect that it was a reprisal following the incident that happened in Monday. We have deployed our men to restore law and other in the area, ” the spokesperson said.

Mr John Mark Pam, the state youth leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the northern zone, who also confirmed the incident said he had lost his brother.

Details later……

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In the Plateau State community of Mangu Local Government Area, five people have once more been slain by gunmen.
It was discovered that the attacks, which left the victims dead, took place on Thursday night in the Kogul hamlet of the council area.
The most recent attack occurred just two days after armed individuals raided the settlements of Kwahas and Milet in the same council region and killed two people, including a lady leader.

Sunday Dalyop, a resident of the Kogul neighborhood, who confirmed the most recent killings to The ANAEDOONLINE in Jos on Friday, also said that the assailants set a number of houses on fire and injured a number of people.

Dalyop said, “Our people are presently in pain in Mangu because five people were killed, others injured and many houses burned by Fulani Milias in Kogul Community of Panyam District in the LGA

“The militiamen arrived in the community at about 09:00 pm on 06/07/2023, they started shooting in different directions at the end 5 people were confirmed dead and many houses burned. The people are expressing concern as to why security agencies couldn’t do anything to make arrests and bring to an end this continuing attack on innocent farmers in the Council Area.”
The spokesman for the Plateau State Police Command, Alabo Alfred, was not readily available when contacted on the incident by our correspondent.

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But a former governor of the state, Fidelis Tapgun, in an interview described the series of attacks in the state as very pathetic.
He subsequently advised the federal and state governments to collaborate with the local communities and invest in information gathering so as to bring the ugly situation to an end.

Tapgun said, “The security situation in Plateau state is a very unfortunate one and my heart goes out to the families of the victims. But I don’t know how the security architecture in the state is presently organized but whatever it is, there is the need for it to be reviewed.

“Before I became governor, I grew up in the civil service and served as the Secretary of the Local Government in the state as well as the Sole Administrator up to the Cabinet Office where I served in Special Services Department and the Security Department. What I know at that time was that in the 1980s, every LGA chairman was the Chief Security Officer in his LGA. And in every LGA, there was a security committee headed by the chairman and comprises of various groups including traditional rulers, ward heads, market traders association, DPOs, DSS, and taxi drivers who meet every Monday of the week.

“These groups hunt for Information happening in their various areas and reports were received from these categories of groups such that if there was going to be any problem or security breach of any kind, you get the information immediately and be able to address the issue. And then all the reports were summarised and sent back to the LGAs from where they get to the state government through the office of the Secretary to the State Government for onward dispatch to the office of the National Security Adviser. Such security arrangement worked effectively during the 80s and I think there is the need for the current administration to revisit that model and reintroduce it for the safety of our people in Plateau state and Nigeria at large”

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Gunmen allegedly killed five people on Monday during an attack on the Sohon Kerang hamlet in the local government area, despite the curfew that the Plateau State Government had enforced to reduce insecurity in the Mangu Local Government Area.

ANAEDOONLINE According to Metro, the suspects committed the act between the hours of 5 and 8 pm before running into the jungle.

It was discovered that the attack took place after gunmen, acting similarly, targeted other settlements last week, allegedly killing numerous people.

Speaking with our correspondent on Tuesday, a resident of the Sohon Kerang community, Joseph Kabir, said the slain victims included a yet-to-be-identified man and his wife, adding that all the victims were given a mass burial a day after the attack.

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Kabir said, “I can confirm to you that five people including a man and his wife were killed by terrorists between 5pm to 8pm on Monday, June 26, 2023, in the Sohon Kerang community of the Kerang District, Mangu Local Government Area.

“We thought that with the declaration of curfew by the government, security agents will be able to stop the terrorists from killing innocent residents. But the gunmen came to the community which is behind the SWAN Water Company Limited located around 5pm and started firing gunshots which killed the victims.

“They escaped into the bush after carrying out their evil acts. It was this morning that the corpses of the victims were discovered by residents who have been thrown into mourning. The victims were given a mass burial this morning.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Alabo Alfred, had yet to make a statement regarding the attack as of the time of filing this report.

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