The terrorists wreaking havoc in Plateau State have threatened to launch fresh attacks on Pushit community, in Mangu LGA in the State, today, 29th December, 2023. The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Middle Belt Forum, Stanley Kavwam, while confirming the above said the insurgents have sent a letter of an imminent attack on the community. Speaking on Thursday during an interview on Arise TV, Kavwam said that anonymous persons dropped letters of previous attacks on Mangu LGA."While I was driving down from Jos to this place, I received a call. A letter was sent to my own village by the terrorists that the attackers were going to invade on the 29th of this December," Kavwam said.
"All the attacks that were orchestrated, there was a letter to that effect that was dropped by an anonymous person, intimating the residents of Mangu LGA that there would be attacks."
This is coming barely days after armed assailants launched coordinated attacks on Christmas Eve in several Plateau communities that claimed the lives of about 195 persons, injured more than 3,000, displaced 10,000, and razed 1,290 houses
The attacks had also displaced over 10,000 persons, many of whom were presently camped in churches, mosques, schools, and private residences.
According to Kavwam over 30 distress calls were made to security personnel before the recent attacks in Plateau.
Plateau State governor Caleb Mutfwang has condemned the recent violence, calling it “barbaric, brutal and unjustified”.
President Bola Tinubu as well as other prominent individuals and groups had condemned the killings, even as the United Nations demanded a probe of the attack.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government says it is working to scale up intelligence gathering and response to crisis in any part of the country.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, condoled with the families of the victims of the attacks. “At the federal level, all hands are on deck across the security and intelligence agencies, to scale up intelligence-gathering and crisis-response efforts,” Idris said.
“The federal government of Nigeria strongly condemns the recent killings in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State.
“We would like to reiterate the commitment of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Administration to securing every inch of Nigerian territory, and ensuring that all forms of criminality by terrorists, bandits, and militants are tackled boldly and decisively.
