By
Boluwatife Adedokun
Terrorists have on Sunday killed four persons in Bokkos Local Government Area, plateau State, among which were two village heads.
In a text message to The PUNCH, an
unidentified resident said, “Greetings! Last night (Saturday), unknown gunmen whom we suspect to be terrorists attacked Kulias community by Government College, Bokkos, around 7.40pm and killed one of my family members, Ishaya M. Fompun, and his son, including two other Mai Angwas (village heads).”
A resident who didn’t want his name to appear in print also lamented and affirmed that many residents were attacked and killed.
“Just a day before Saturday, some gunmen attacked All Nations Academy in Bokkos and kidnapped two ladies, but they were later rescued. What is happening in Bokkos is rather unfortunate and the authorities should look into it,” he added.
Captain John James, the spokesman for the military task force in charge of maintaining peace in the state, confirmed the attack on Kulias community.
He said, “It happened around 7pm on Saturday. We mobilised our patrol team to the community, but before they got to the scene, the assailants had left the place. Sadly, four people were killed.”
He added, “We notice that these people (attackers) will just come, attack the people and disappear. We have given out phone numbers for the public to call in case of any attack or any security breach in any part of the state. Our challenge is that in most cases, the people don’t make use of these numbers. We want them to make use of these numbers because we have mobile patrol teams that are ready to respond to any security threat in any part of the state.”
