Seven persons have been killed and four others wounded in what was suspected to be a reprisal attack on a settlement in Kwal, in Miango, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attack came barely a week after a Fulani man was killed in Gero village, in Jos South Local Government Area of the state.
Commander of the special task force (STF) on Jos crises, Brig. Gen. Hassan Umoru, who confirmed the fresh attack, said it was carried out at about 2:23am yesterday, saying this latest attack in Bassa Local Government Area was the fifth in two months.
He said the four people injured were currently receiving treatment at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), while the dead ones have been buried in a mass grave by their relatives. Spokesman of the STF, Navy Lt. Jerry Ayim-Odu, disclosed that among the seven victims were two men, while the rest were women and children.
Umoru said this fresh attack may have been carried out by the Fulanis, adding, however, that this has to be confirmed by the police. He said the task force had handed over the investigation to the police because “we know they are capable and at the end of their investigation, we will be able to know if the attack was actually carried out by Fulanis.” The commander said they suspected the attackers to be Fulanis because his troops raided the assailants and found empty cases of cartridges and daggers mostly used by the Fulanis. He, however, said: “But no arrest was made because the troop did not get any of them.”
Speaking on the series of attacks, especially in Jos South and Bassa Local Government areas of the state, the commander said investigation might be slow but the police were trying their best and “we hope they will reveal those behind these attacks at the end of the day.” Brig. Gen. Umoru said: “People did not understand that they are operating under a difficult situation because Plateau is wide and has very terrible terrain, full of hills, rocks and gullies. We often find it difficult to get to where these attacks are carried out.
“Due to this obvious hindrance to our operation, our troops do not always get to these points of attack until the assailants are gone. But it does not end there; we launch investigation after each of these attacks and we hope eventually we will found out the attackers.” He said the task force is working together with the police and everything possible is being done to unravel the mysteries. The task force leader pointed out that troops have been deployed to the areas to prevent further attack.
Posted: at 4-12-2010 02:48 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
jos again?.....and we av JTF in niger delta killing innocent people wen they should actually be stopping this brutal herdsmen.....oh i forgot..they don't have oil in jos.....naija u simply suckzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted: at 4-12-2010 03:34 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie
it is not their fault but the government that have fail to deal with trouble makers so as to show others the rewards of trouble making
yes , i think i will buy that ideal too, but the spoke man for the police or the jtf should not always hump into the conclussion nor pointing the accusation finfer to the particukar sects , without a solid facts, that itself increases the already soaked tension and creates more problems than solved, i am in a full support of punishing any of the perpetraitors of the crisis , no matter who , without fear or favour but with sincerity so that happiness will eventually reingn in that region ,once and for all
Posted: at 4-12-2010 04:42 PM (13 years ago) | Grande Master
jos again?.....and we av JTF in niger delta killing innocent people wen they should actually be stopping this brutal herdsmen.....oh i forgot..they don't have oil in jos.....naija u simply suckzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
The best comment here. God bless you brother The Nigerian Govt is after Niger Delta becos of our Oil While these useless bastards are wasting lives in Jos and they all fold their arms.
Posted: at 4-12-2010 05:10 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
it is not their fault but the government that have fail to deal with trouble makers so as to show others the rewards of trouble making
yes , i think i will buy that ideal too, but the spoke man for the police or the jtf should not always hump into the conclussion nor pointing the accusation finfer to the particukar sects , without a solid facts, that itself increases the already soaked tension and creates more problems than solved, i am in a full support of punishing any of the perpetraitors of the crisis , no matter who , without fear or favour but with sincerity so that happiness will eventually reingn in that region ,once and for all
You are right Ajanni If you point out a group of people, you are only victimizing them. They all didnt do it, it is just few person. But Govt has not done anything at all to wipe away those heartless-bunch of illiterate twats from this country.
Posted: at 4-12-2010 05:17 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Freesmile at 4-12-2010 05:27 PM (13 years ago) (m)
Wat's up with plateau and violence anyway, it seems like every northern muslim violence emerge from plateau always. Or don't they at least have a governor?
Posted: at 4-12-2010 05:27 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
Freesmile at 4-12-2010 05:32 PM (13 years ago) (m)
To me i recommend the declaration of state of emergency on all people of plateau before the entire state turn to Hausa MEND and start creating violence in northern part of naija. Well i condole with all decease family! Dan hausa, ai kufaran.
Posted: at 4-12-2010 05:32 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
He did not point finger at any particular persons, that's why said, he had handover the investigation to Police to find out who the people are.
ok ooo, mr transilator , and what does it mean by ---- the fresh attack may have been carried out by Fulannis ? its there and what does that simply means ? in a situations like this , you don,t speculates , but talk the truth and noting but the truth , he should have waits for the finding of the police before commenting and pointing the accusation fingers , they too were the source of evil , the truth is very bitter anyway
Posted: at 4-12-2010 05:54 PM (13 years ago) | Grande Master
it is not their fault but the government that have fail to deal with trouble makers so as to show others the rewards of trouble making
yes , i think i will buy that ideal too, but the spoke man for the police or the jtf should not always hump into the conclussion nor pointing the accusation finfer to the particukar sects , without a solid facts, that itself increases the already soaked tension and creates more problems than solved, i am in a full support of punishing any of the perpetraitors of the crisis , no matter who , without fear or favour but with sincerity so that happiness will eventually reingn in that region ,once and for all
You are right Ajanni If you point out a group of people, you are only victimizing them. They all didnt do it, it is just few person. But Govt has not done anything at all to wipe away those heartless-bunch of illiterate twats from this country.
to me govt is actually taking pleasures in that happining at jos , so that we all focus our attentions at jos and we take our eyes off what they were doing with our economy ,useless peoples
Posted: at 4-12-2010 06:01 PM (13 years ago) | Grande Master
yes u are right @ajanni the truth is bitter, they just said the truth that those fulanis illitrate did it as usual, and u sound very bitter about it , that is the truth 4 u.......
Posted: at 4-12-2010 06:01 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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