Herdsmen Attacks: Curfew Imposed On Plateau Communities

Following suspected herdsmen attacks that claimed several lives on Sunday, the Plateau state government has imposed curfew on Riyom, Barakin Ladi and Jos South LGA where the attacks took place.

This comes after the Police Command in the state confirmed the said deaths this afternoon.

Announcing the curfew was the Secretary to the State Government, Rufus Nature, who said movements in the said communities would be restricted between 6pm and 6am on a daily basis except for those on “essential duties”.

Although the police confirmed eleven deaths, but the Chairman of Bermuda Youth Movement, Ladislav Choji, feared that over 100 people may have been killed in the attacks.

Choji said, “I believe that this attack was carefully planned by the herdsmen in collaboration with some military personnel who aided the attack.

“We have recovered 34 corpses from Gana Ropp and 8 from Gashis while several others have not been recovered.

“The corpses would be close to 100 because apart from 42 corpses that we have recovered, we are mobilising people to go into the villages to pick other corpses corpses that have not been recovered.”

Speaking on the ugly incident, the Plateau State Commissioner of Information, Yakubu Dati, said: “Government is deeply pained that despite concerted efforts which had led to the restoration of relative peace across the state, some unpatriotic elements are bent on disrupting the gains so far made.”