Communities in the Northern senatorial district of Plateau state yesterday expressed fresh concern over incessant attacks by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in the state.
The gunmen, they said are daily stationed in the mountains and rocks from where they launch attacks on identified Berom communities.
The National Caretaker Chairman of Berom Youth Movement, BYM, Mr Rwang Dantong in a statement issued in Jos yesterday maintained that the aim of the attacks which he noted had led to the killing several people and destruction of properties was to forcefully eject the residents from their ancestral homes.
The statement alleged that the most worrisome aspect of the attacks was the involvement of the security agents who connive with the attackers to unleash mayhem on the communities.
He listed some of the communities which had been taken over by the gunmen to include Rakok, Kubong, Dogo, Gyo, Pwa-Beduk, Rantis and Sharu in Barki Ladi Local Government Area of the state. Others, according to him include Mase, Shong 2, Rakweng and Kampwas in Riyom LGA.
While expressing the helplessness of the people to confront the gunmen, the statement called on the federal government to intervene in the situation so as to prevent further loss of lives in the affected communities
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