25 Feared Killed As Bandits Attack Plateau Community

 

No fewer than 25 people have been reportedly killed following an attack by suspected bandits on Kawel community in Mushere District of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State.

In a telephone interview with Channels Television’s correspondent, the Chairman of Bokkos Local Government Area, Samuel Amalau, confirmed the attack, saying the assailants stormed the community at about 12 a.m. on Monday and opened fire on residents.

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He said the attackers also invaded a primary health care centre, where four persons were killed.

Earlier, a youth leader in the community, identified simply as Tula, disclosed that as many as 30 people were killed in the attack.

However, the local government chairman said the casualty figure so far confirmed by the authorities stands at 25.

Security agencies have yet to issue an official statement on the incident, while efforts are ongoing to verify the full extent of the attack.

 

Kanam Attack 

The attack occurred three months after at least 20 security operatives and vigilantes were reportedly killed when heavily armed bandits ambushed a joint patrol team in Wanka and surrounding communities of the Garga area of Kanam in the state.

The Kanam Development Association (KADA) had in a statement signed by its Secretary, ND Shehu Kanam, and Chairman, Garba G. Aliyu, said the victims included 12 security personnel, among them two senior military officers, and eight vigilante members who were assisting security forces to protect the communities.

According to the statement, the patrol team—made up of military personnel and local vigilantes—was travelling in two vehicles on routine security operations across the communities of Garga, Kyaram and Gyambau when they were suddenly ambushed by hundreds of heavily armed bandits on their way to Wanka at about 2:00 p.m.

The association had added that after the ambush, the bandits reportedly stormed the Kyaram community, where they looted properties worth millions of naira and rustled a large number of cattle belonging to residents.

It also warned that the incident was not isolated, stressing that communities around Garga, Kyaram, Gyambau and neighbouring settlements located along the borders of Plateau, Taraba and Bauchi states had endured persistent attacks, kidnappings and cattle rustling for the past three to four years.

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