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Plateau Massacre: Fear Grips Community As Invaders Threaten Fresh Attack After Killing Over 195 People

The shocking revelation is coming as the United Nations demanded a probe of the Christmas Eve attack in which 195 persons…

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Threat of a fresh attack on a community in Plateau State by invaders have been reported after 23 villages were attacked on Christmas Eve and over 195 people (Christians mostly) were killed with many properties destroyed.

VerseNews reports that the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Middle Belt Forum, Stanley Kavwam, in an interview with Arise Television on Thursday, confirmed that the terrorists had sent a letter of an imminent attack to the Pushit community in the Mangu Local Government Area, where he hailed from.

He stated that the terrorists plan to execute the attacked on Friday (today).

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Alabo Alfred also confirmed the impending attack on the Pushit community]

’’We have intelligence, but we are working on it“ the PPRO assured.

Also, some residents in Pushit, who spoke to one of our correspondents on Thursday, said the villagers were aware of the threat letter by the terrorists.

According to them, since the information of the impending attack spread, the residents no longer sleep at night.

One of the villagers, Joshua Bukat, in an interview with The PUNCH, said “ Here in the village, we have been living in fear since the news spread that terrorists are planning to launch a fresh attack in our community. From the letter, the terrorists said we would be running in the street with chicken and Christmas rice in our hands.

“As a matter of fact, we hardly sleep because we don’t know when they will come. This is not the first time they would send such letters of their plans to attack and on several occasions, they had carried out their threat. So, please help us to tell the government and the security agents to come to our rescue. They should act quickly to save lives and not take the threat for granted.”

The shocking revelation is coming as the United Nations demanded a probe of the Christmas Eve attack in which 195 persons were killed in 17 villages in the Barkin Ladi, Mangu, and Bokkos local government areas of the state.

VerseNews had earlier reported that the state Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, disclosed that no fewer than 64 communities in the state had been displaced by terrorists who were occupying schools in the local government area.

The governor noted the flaws in the state’s security architecture, which he said required some tinkering.

President Bola Tinubu, in a statement, condemned the attacks and ordered a manhunt for the killers.

Describing the incident as a “primitive and heinous” attack, Tinubu said, “These envoys of death, pain, and sorrow will not escape justice.”

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