Despite a dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on Mangu, Barkin Ladi and Bokkos local government areas by Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, terrorists and bandits have continued to have a field day, attacking several communities and killing not less than 11 people over a two-day rampage.
The terrorists who have defied the curfew and the presence of security personnel, also destroyed more than 20 hectares of farmland, while homes, churches, business places and food barns were also set ablaze, just as hundreds of livestock were rustled.
DAILY POST can authoritatively report that in Mangu, four people were killed in coordinated attacks in Kikyau, Panyam and Kasuwan Ali while more than 50 cows were stolen between Friday and Saturday.
While the people were still trying to recover from the attacks, the terrorists struck a mining site in Kworos Gangare in Barkin Ladi, killing two miners who were identified as 25-year-old Phillip Luka and 34-year-old Sunday John.
On the same day, there were simultaneous attacks on Jol, Riyom, Exland, Gashish, Rapwomol and Dorowa Babuje communities in Barkin Ladi, where three persons were reportedly killed and farmlands destroyed by the bandits, which led to a protest where community women barricaded the Jos-Barkin Ladi- Mangu road.
The victims were identified as Ishaya Pam Dung, 47, Barnabas Gyang Jack, 23, and Manasseh Luka Mushwer, 26.
On Saturday morning, it was the turn of Kantoma village, a border town between Mangu and Bokkos, to be attacked. According to witnesses, heavily armed terrorists, positively identified as Fulani militias, stormed the village and killed three people while also destroying farmlands, churches, homes, business places and food barns.
In all these attacks, residents have questioned the effectiveness of the curfew imposed on the councils. They are wondering if the security agencies saddled with the responsibility of protecting the people are actually up to the task of enforcing the curfew in the face of the renewed attacks and violence.
