2023-12-27 17:07:30
Attacks carried out by armed groups left at least 198 victims, between Saturday evening and Tuesday morning, in several villages in Plateau State, in central Nigeria, according to a new report released Wednesday by local authorities.
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The death toll from attacks on villages in Plateau State, in central Nigeria, between Saturday evening and Tuesday morning rose to nearly 200 dead on Wednesday, December 27, local authorities said.
The president of the Bokkos government council, Monday Kassah, declared that he had counted “148 Bokkos villagers massacred in cold blood” during his meeting with the vice-president of Nigeria, to which were added “at least 50 people killed” in four villages in the neighboring district of Barkin Ladi, according to Dickson Chollom, an elected official of the local assembly, on Wednesday.
Apprehend the culprits
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu ordered “security agencies to intervene immediately, search every inch of the area and apprehend the culprits”, after “strongly condemning the attacks”, the presidency said in a statement. , Tuesday.
The populations of the northwest and central regions of Nigeria live in terror of attacks by jihadist groups and criminal gangs who pillage villages and kill or kidnap their inhabitants.
For years, a bitter competition has also raged between breeders and farmers in this territory, the latter accusing the former of ransacking their land with their livestock.
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