As various indigenous groups and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) continued to trade blame over killings in the Mangu local government area of Plateau State, no fewer than 12 people were brutally killed on Saturday in the troubled Council area. The Fulani militia attacked Farin-Kassa Kerana and Sabon-Gari communities of the Mangu District of Mangu local government in what appears to be a retaliatory attack at around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday. “It was a night of horror; the twelve killed, mostly women, were shot while running for their lives, and several others were wounded. The Nigerian Tribune further gathered that villages and communities in Mangu are gradually becoming desolate as inhabitants have started fleeing for fear of further attack. Efforts to reach the spokesman of Plateau State Police Command, DSP Alfred Alabo proved abortive as several phone calls put across to him were ignored.

Source: Nigerian Tribune July 09, 2023 16:05 UTC