President Bola Tinubu has charged the nation’s security agencies to bring to justice the perpetrators of recent attacks in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which left at least 113 persons dead.
The Acting Chairman of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, Monday Kassah, said 113 people had been killed in the attacks on Saturday and Sunday.
“The attacks were well-coordinated. Not fewer than 20 different communities were attacked by the bandits.
“We have recovered 113 dead bodies from those communities. We have recovered more than 300 injured,” he said.
Reports also indicated that over 17 others died in coordinated attacks on three communities in Barkin Ladi LGA, home to the Plateau State Polytechnic.
It is the worst outbreak of violence in Plateau since May, when more than 100 people were killed in farmer-herder attacks, according to Reuters.
In a Tuesday statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the president described the attacks as “heinous and brutal”.
“President Bola Tinubu strongly condemns the heinous and brutal attacks in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which resulted in the tragic loss of many lives.
“President Tinubu directs security agencies to immediately move in, scour every stretch of the zone, and apprehend the culprits.
“The President also directs immediate mobilisation of relief resources for surviving victims of the primitive and cruel attacks as well as medical treatment for the wounded.
“While condoling with the government and the people of Plateau State, President Tinubu assures Nigerians that these envoys of death, pain, and sorrow will not escape justice,” the statement read.