An attack by Gunmen on some rural communities in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State have claimed the lives of five people.
The Chairman of Bokkos Cultural Development Council, Farmasum Fuddang and the Secretary, Duwam Bosco confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday.
Fuddang and Bosco said the attack occurred on Monday, October 14, decrying previous attacks that have led to the death of several people in the past.
They lamented that despite credible warnings, terrorists, identified as members of the Fulani tribe, launched a brutal attack on the village of Rafut in the Kwatas district shortly after 7 pm on October 14th.
They further claimed that the unprovoked assault occurred even after a security meeting with the police and the military authorities in Bokkos was held on October 13.
Didactic Information Hut recalls that a week earlier, over 10 members of the community were brutally murdered in bloody attacks by suspected Fulani Herders.
“Four young men, who were out guarding their family’s home, were tragically ambushed as they stood watch; the attackers thereafter stormed the compound, killing an elderly man, bringing the total fatalities to five.
“Five in Wumat on October 7th , four in Kuba on October 10th, one in Maikatako on October 11th, and another on October 12th,” the statement read.