With the federal government attributing the persistent attacks on Plateau State communities by foreign invaders, allegedly on a land-grabbing mission, to the failure of long-coexisting community members to resolve their differences, it appears there may be no end in sight to the violence. Seriki Adinoyi reports
Just as the people of Plateau State were beginning to heave a sigh of relief after two decades of persistent attacks on residents by gunmen, the assailants struck again in three consecutive attacks in a period of two weeks, leaving no fewer than 112 persons killed, hundreds of others injured, many displaced from their ancestral homes, and at least 80 houses razed.
Gunmen reportedly launched a deadly attack on mourners at the Ruwi community in Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, killing 10 persons. The mourners were said to have gathered at a deceased family’s house in the community when the gunmen swooped on them at a wake-keep.