20 killed in Plateau fresh attack
THE entire Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State was in mourning, following a clash between the Fulani and the natives Berom,leading to the death of no fewer than 20 people, with several houses burnt.
To stem the hostilities, the state government has, therefore, imposed 24-hour curfew on the affected local government area, while members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in the council had been relocated to the state capital.
The latest crisis was in connection with the clashes between the natives and the Fulanis on Monday, leading to the death of seven people and since the incident, there had been reprisal, thereby heightening tension in the council and other surrounding local government areas.
The incident got to its peak in the early hours of Monday, when the two groups confronted each other over the killing of two people in a place of worship.
It was learnt that as a result of the commotion that ensued, the two re-grouped and mobilised, leading to killings and burning of property at random, while the incident further spread out to the interior parts of the council.
In the clash, a police inspector with the police division in the council, Dalyop Pindar; his wife and four children of a councillor, Mr Pam Choj, were killed and their residences set ablaze.
At the time of filing this report, the people of the area were still counting their losses, with bodies of those killed being picked at various parts of the council, while those who sustained injuries were recuperating at health centres within the local government.
The incident cut off people in the central and southern parts of the state from assessing the state capital, as a result of the curfew imposed on the area by the state government.
Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune by telephone, the chairman of the council, Emmanuel Loman, condemned the incident, adding that security agencies had been drafted to the areas.
The Special Task Force (STF) Information and Media Officer, Captain Charles Ekeocha, confirmed the incident to the Nigerian Tribune by telephone.
The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Abraham Yiljap, who spoke to journalists in Jos, on Thursday, said a 24-hour curfew had been imposed on Barkin Ladi and adjoining areas.
THE entire Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State was in mourning, following a clash between the Fulani and the natives Berom,leading to the death of no fewer than 20 people, with several houses burnt.
To stem the hostilities, the state government has, therefore, imposed 24-hour curfew on the affected local government area, while members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in the council had been relocated to the state capital.
The latest crisis was in connection with the clashes between the natives and the Fulanis on Monday, leading to the death of seven people and since the incident, there had been reprisal, thereby heightening tension in the council and other surrounding local government areas.
The incident got to its peak in the early hours of Monday, when the two groups confronted each other over the killing of two people in a place of worship.
It was learnt that as a result of the commotion that ensued, the two re-grouped and mobilised, leading to killings and burning of property at random, while the incident further spread out to the interior parts of the council.
In the clash, a police inspector with the police division in the council, Dalyop Pindar; his wife and four children of a councillor, Mr Pam Choj, were killed and their residences set ablaze.
At the time of filing this report, the people of the area were still counting their losses, with bodies of those killed being picked at various parts of the council, while those who sustained injuries were recuperating at health centres within the local government.
The incident cut off people in the central and southern parts of the state from assessing the state capital, as a result of the curfew imposed on the area by the state government.
Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune by telephone, the chairman of the council, Emmanuel Loman, condemned the incident, adding that security agencies had been drafted to the areas.
The Special Task Force (STF) Information and Media Officer, Captain Charles Ekeocha, confirmed the incident to the Nigerian Tribune by telephone.
The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Abraham Yiljap, who spoke to journalists in Jos, on Thursday, said a 24-hour curfew had been imposed on Barkin Ladi and adjoining areas.
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