Just In : Military lists factors responsible for fresh Plateau gunmen attack
The Nigerian military has identified several factors contributing to the recent crisis in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba stated that herder militia, cattle rustling, and a combination of other factors were responsible for the crisis that engulfed the town.
He said this on Thursday, January 25, while addressing a news conference in Abuja on the activities of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
However, he said that to control the situation, Special Forces had been sent to state hotspots.
General Buba said: “The situation was triggered by a number of factors including the attempted cattle rustling and the killing of a Mangu man by herder militia.”
He claimed that on January 22, 2024, it was reported that a guy on a motorbike down the road collided with a herd of cattle crossing the road.
He said: “The herders reportedly killed the man on the spot. Consequently, militia mobilised and attacked residents in the early hours of 23rd of January.”
When attackers invaded Kwahaslalek village, a hamlet in the Mangu Local Government Area, approximately thirty people were killed, several more were injured, and numerous buildings were set on fire.
Governor Caleb Mutfwang has since imposed a curfew on the LGA.
