Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday condemned what he described as “heinous and brutal attacks” in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which claimed many lives.
Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, directed security agencies to immediately move in, scour every stretch of the zone, and apprehend the culprits while also directing the immediate mobilisation of relief resources for surviving victims of the primitive and cruel attacks as well as medical treatment for the wounded.
The president, while condoling with the government and the people of Plateau State, assured Nigerians that these envoys of death, pain, and sorrow will not escape justice.
The Informant247 reports that the Plateau State Police Command on Tuesday in Jos, confirmed the attack of gunmen on 15 communities in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau on Christmas Eve, killing no fewer than 96 persons and destroying 221 houses.
According to DSP Alfred Alabo, the spokesperson for the command, the assailants also destroyed eight vehicles and 27 motorcycles.