Church leaders killed, churches, homes burnt, in midnight attack on Plateau community

Two church leaders were killed while homes were burnt during a fresh violent attack on Ding’ak Community in Mushere Chiefdom area of Bokkos Local Government Area in Plateau State.

The overnight violence which erupted weekend, also, led to the burning and looting of food stores.

Security sources said that the assault, which began around midnight and lasted until about 4:30 a.m., reportedly saw the attackers wielding sophisticated weapons that overpowered local vigilantes.

Chairman of the Bokkos Cultural Development Forum, BCDF, Farmasum Fudang, told reporters that the victims include two officials with the Church Of Christ In Nations, COCIN, adding that two of the churches and several homes were set ablaze.

Furthermore, Fudang said that maize farms were destroyed, while livestock, including cows, sherp, goats, chickens, and ducks, were stolen alongside the stored food.

He said, "They came through the usual route between Ding’ak and Kopmur,” Fudang said, lamenting that a security checkpoint is located less than a kilometre away from the scene. “Soldiers fired shots into the air but did not engage the attackers."

According to him, the incident was part of a sustained wave of terror in Mushere land, pointing out that it came just two days after a similar attack in the Ndimar community. He then, urged both the Federal and Plateau State governments to urgently intervene in a bid bring the perpetrators to justice.

The police eere yet to the incident as at the of this report.