The Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has lamented how terrorists had been occupying schools in the Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of the state for the past five years. The governor said that the crisis in the state had continued to escalate because no arrest had been made so far by security agents. Governor Mutfwang described the Christmas Eve attacks by assailants on over 15 communities in the Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi local government areas of the state as unfortunate. SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Plateau State Command of the Nigerian Police Force says that no fewer than 86 persons have been killed with 221 houses completely burnt down during the Christmas Eve attacks by gunmen in Plateau State. “I can tell you that these schools that are being occupied didn’t start now; some of those schools have been occupied for the last three to five years.

Source: Punch December 26, 2023 19:05 UTC