Eight people have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack by gunmen on Friday night in Rawuru community, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state.
A youth leader in the community, Solomon Dalyop confirmed the killings to pressmen in Jos on Saturday.
Dalyop said So far, we have confirmed that eight persons were killed during the attack last night in Rawuru community in Barkin LGA.
He why before the attack there were military presence but the attack still took place without any arrest.
Another community leader and president Global Society for Middle Belt Heritage, Jerry Datim described the attacks as one too many called for an investigation into the activities of the personnel of the Military Taskforce deployed to maintain peace in Plateau communities.
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Datim also noted that a total of Two hundred and seventy-six persons had been killed in different communities in the past month following the persistent attacks with over thirty thousand persons displaced.
Datim continued “We also want to bring to your notice that our children both at Primary, Secondary Schools and some students of tertiary institutions in the affected Local Governments have missed their examinations such as; the Junior NECO Exams set for JSS 3, also the ongoing Senior Secondary School Examination and the Tertiary examinations due to forceful migration of our people to various places as IDPs president stated.
“We want to thank our Plateau ethnic brothers that have been supportive of our people and we wish to regret with shock the silent position of SEMA and NEMA which before now were known for their quick response in time like this but until now we have not felt their presence. We are calling on SEMA to work in accordance with their constitutional responsibilities and attend to the 30,000 IDPs scattered across the state.
