N100 million has been donated to the victims of the Plateau attacks by the Governors of states in the North Central geo-political zone.
It would be recalled that terrorists attacked 15 villages in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi local government areas of Plateau State on Christmas Eve, killing more than 115 persons and razing 221 houses.
The death toll, however, rose to about 200 days after the attack.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the North Central Governors Forum, Nasarawa State’s Governor Abdullahi Sule, while announcing the donation on Tuesday in Jos during the forum’s sympathy visit to Plateau’s Governor Caleb Mutfwang, said the money was meant to reduce the suffering of the survivors of the gruesome attacks, adding that the visit was to commiserate with the Plateau governor over the massacre of innocent victims.
He also stressed that the assailants were terrorists and must be treated as such.
In his remarks, Benue State’s governor, Hyacinth Alia, called on the people of Plateau, Nasarawa, Benue, and Niger states to unite and defeat terrorists disrupting the peace of the North Central states, adding that there was every need for a united strategy and willpower to check the borders to curtail the menace consistently.
Reacting, Governor Mutfwang thanked the governor for visiting to commiserate with him.
He expressed regret that it was a misfortune that always made the other governors visit Plateau, describing the development as unfortunate, while praying that soon, the whole of Nigeria would converge in Plateau State for celebrations and not for mourning.