Gunmen, herders kill 43 in Plateau, Benue states attacks

  • Family of 16 burnt to death in community
  • Woman, 4 kids slain

There was outrage in Jos, Plateau State capital, and Benue State on Tuesday night, following the killing of 43 people in different attacks

Thirty-five people were killed in different attacks in Yelwa Zangam in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Also, eight were killed in Yelawa, Guma  Local Government Area of Benue State

Among those killed were a family of 16, burnt to death in Plateau and a mother and four kids, murdered in Benue.

The latest  bloodletting in  Plateau raised to 58 the number of  lives lost  to attacks in the state  in the last 11 days.

On August 15,  23 persons travelling to Ondo State on their way from a religious event in Bauchi, capital of Bauchi State met their untimely death when their vehicle ran into a group of irate youths on Gada -Biyu – Rukuba Road in Jos North.

The incident led to the imposition of a 24-hour curfew on Jos North  by Governor Simon Lalong. The governor, who later relaxed the curfew, re-imposed it after the Tuesday night killings.

In spite of the curfew, angry  youths took to the streets of  Jos yesterday  in protest against  the orgy of killings.

They picked up the bodies in Yelwa Zangam, loaded them in  trucks and headed for the  Government House and the House of Assembly complex.

It was gathered that the youth were prevented from entering the Government House premises in the Rayfield area of Jos by security agents. They dropped some of the bodies at the gate.

credit: nation

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