Suspected Fulani herdsmen have been confirmed to have attacked Te’egbe village of Miango District, Rigwe Chiefdom, Bassa LGA of Plateau State on Friday morning and killed no fewer than ten persons, burnt down several houses and food grains.
National Publicity Secretary, Irigwe Development Association (IDA)
Davidson Malison who confirmed the attacks to CAPITAL POST on Friday morning said the suspected Fulani herdsmen carry out the evil act about 1:00am of Friday Morning.
“The suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked the village (about 1am) of today, Friday November 26,2021 where not fewer than ten persons were killed and several houses as well as food grains burnt down while others sustained varying degrees of injuries.
“It is quite a sad development to the entire Rigwe nation that the marauders have continued the perpetration of their evils against the innocent Rigwe People.
“Just this week Tuesday, November 23,2021 they ambushed and killed two persons at Ancha village of the same district and now a devastating one today.
Nothing short of ethnic cleansing could this be regarded as.
Meanwhile Governor Simon Lalong has directs a swift arrest of perpetrators
Lalong in a press statement signed and issued by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr. Makut Simon Macham condemns the attack and says there is no explanation that can justify it.
He therefore directs security agencies to take immediate and drastic steps to apprehend the perpetrators and ensure that they pay for their crimes.
Governor Lalong says this is another sad incident which is clearly the handiwork of criminals that are bent on instilling fear, pain and sorrow among the people with a view to destabilising the State and making fortune from their criminality as well as rupturing the substantial peace attained.
Lalong said “the persistent attacks in this general area remains condemnable and unacceptable to Government. As such, no resources and efforts will be spared in painstakingly following up on the trail of those who derive joy in attacking and killing innocent citizens and destroying their homes and means of livelihoods. I expect the security agencies to deploy everything at their disposal to arrest those who carried out the crime no matter how long it takes. Government will not take any excuse for failure to achieve this directive”.
Lalong while commiserating with the victims and families of those killed, assured that they will get justice as Government will stop at nothing to unravel those behind this ugly incidences that continue to disrupt the livelihoods of the people of the Local Government.
Lalong also directed the Plateau State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and the Peace Building Agency (PBA) to immediately visit the area and assess the level of damage with a view to carrying out immediate intervention and bringing succour to people who are in need as a result of the barbaric attack.
He also calls on the people to assist the security agencies with relevant information that will enable them crack the identity and motives of the attacks.
