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Another Curfew Slammed on Plateau as Protesting Youths Dump Over 20 Corpses at Government House

Another Curfew Slammed on Plateau as Protesting Youths Dump Over 20 Corpses at Government House

Plateau State government on Wednesday re-imposed a 24-hour curfew in Jos North following the killing of unspecified number of people in Tuesday night’s attack on Yelwan Zangam, a community inhabited by the Anaguta ethnic group in the outskirt of Jos, the state capital.

The government claimed that 10 suspects have been arrested in connection with the killings.

However, over 20 corpses were on Wednesday dumped at the main gate of Plateau State Government House in Little Rayfield following by hundreds of angry youths was in the aftermath of Tuesday’s night attack.

Community leaders claimed that 37 lives were lost as a result of the attack.

Families of some of the victims said the attack was launched by herders but leaders of the Fulani in Plateau State debunked the claim.

Some people said the attack might not be unconnected to a land dispute between residents of Yelwan Zangam and a neighbouring community, Yelwan Mista Bow.

The police in Plateau State confirmed the attack, but could not give details of the actual number of people killed and the suspect behind the act.

The people of Yelwan Zangam had earlier Wednesday moved corpses of the victims to Plateau Hospital to deposit them in the mortuary.

but angry youths stormed the hospital, packed the remains into pickup vans and moved them to the State House of Assembly which is less than a kilometre away.

Thereafter, the youths transported some of the corpses to Little Rayfield and lined them up in front of the government house.

 

In a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Simon Macham, the governor described the attack as barbaric.

He said security personnel have been directed to intensify efforts in tracking down other assailants and their sponsors to bring them to justice.

Lalong, who said his administration will not allow the reign of terror to persist and rubbish all the investments made in restoring calm in the state said that he was furious over the incident which security reports indicate was carefully planned.

“The bridge linking the village was said to have been destroyed to deny security forces access to the area during the attack,” the statement reads.

He said the proactive decision in re-imposing the curfew became necessary following the threat to lives and properties within the LGA and the need to forestall the breakdown of law and order.

“It will also enable security agencies to deploy appropriately to maintain security as the search for the attackers of the villagers continues,” the statement said.

 

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