Unidentified gunmen have carried out a deadly attack in Nafan community, Fan District, and Doruwa Babuje in Ropp District, both located in Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. The assailants, riding on motorcycles, opened fire, resulting in the killing of a 17-year-old herder and 35 cows.
According to reports from the News Agency of Nigeria, another herder sustained severe injuries during the incident.
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, condemned the heinous act and urged relevant security agencies to apprehend the perpetrators. In a statement issued by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Mr. Gyang Bere, on Thursday in Jos, Mutfwang reiterated his administration’s stance against lawlessness and violence, emphasizing that such acts targeting innocent and law-abiding citizens would not be tolerated.
”We condemn in totality these acts of lawlessness that is undermining government’s effort in entrenching harmonious living among all and sundry in the state.
”My administration will no longer the tolerate brutal killings of innocent citizens either in their farms or in any parts of the state while pursuing their legitimate means of livelihood.
”I have directed the security agencies to hunt and track down the perpetrators of this heinous crimes and ensure justice for the victims,” Gyang quoted Mutfwang.
Gyang further said the governor charged traditional, community and religious leaders, as well as youths and women groups in the affected communities, to join hands with other stakeholders to restore normalcy.
The governor, who sympathized with the affected families, urged residents of the state to expose all criminal elements within their communities to face the full wrath of the law.
