Residents of Bokkos Local Government Areas of Plateau State have been thrown into a state of tension as gunmen attack and kill four youths in the state, News About Nigeria reports.
The President of the Butura Youth Movement, Sabastine Magit, confirmed the killings in a statement on Saturday.
He noted that the unfortunate incident happened on Friday night. He disclosed that the victims were working at a mining site in the Batura community when the gunmen attacked them around 9 pm, killing four people on the spot.
Magit also revealed that five people were also injured during the attack before the suspects fled the area.
According to him, the killing of the four youths is the latest in a series of unprovoked attacks on their community, which has seen over 20 of their members killed in the last month alone, all attributed to identified Fulani assailants.
The statement reads, “In yet another unprovoked assault on members of the Butura community, armed terrorists, speaking the Fulani dialect, opened fire on innocent youths working at a mining site near the villages of Kuba and Maikatako in the Butura district of Bokkos Local Government Area in Plateau State on October 10.
“The attack was carried out at approximately 9 pm without any provocation, leading to the death of four innocent people and the injury of five others.
“This attack occurred just four days after a tragic incident in the village of Wumat, where five members of a family, including a pregnant mother, lost their lives.
“Eyewitnesses report that the assailants executed a lightning-fast operation on October 10, fleeing the scene before military personnel stationed at a nearby checkpoint could respond. Tragically, four individuals were killed instantly, and five others sustained injuries. The deceased are Bwefuk Musa, 21 years; Klingshak Dickson, 21 years; Promise Joshua, 20 years; and Nyam Abaka, 20 years.”
