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Plateau Unrest: Suspected Killer Herdsmen Kill Six In Basa Amid Curfew

  • Auta called on security agencies and the government to end the persistent attacks meted out on their communities

In spite of the dusk to dawn curfew imposed in Bassa LGA of Plateau State, gunmen suspected to be criminal herdsmen late Tuesday night invaded Chando-Zirechi (Tafi-Gana) of Miango District, leaving five persons dead in the wake of the attack.

Secretary General of the Irigwe Development Association, Comrade Danjuma Dickson Auta, while confirming the incident said, “As the Irigwe nation continue to receive attacks from left right and centre, over the unfortunate incident at Rukuba road, where innocent commuters which the Irigwe nation knows nothing about and we have continue to distance ourselves from the ungodly act as peace loving citizens.

“Yet, last night, 17th August 2021, one of our villages, Chando-Zrrechi (Tafi-Gana), was attacked last night by Fulani Herdsmen.

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“Five people confirmed dead so far at Tafi Gana village of Miango District Irigwe Chiefdom”.

He added that, “this is apart from another son of Irigwe killed at Dong village of Jos North LGA, in the evening of 16th August 2021, despite the 24 hour curfew imposed on the council.”

Auta called on security agencies and the government to end the persistent attacks meted out on their communities.

“If nothing is done to avert this ugly trend, Irigwe people will be wiped out. We see this as ethnic cleansing”, he decried.

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  • Auta called on security agencies and the government to end the persistent attacks meted out on their communities

In spite of the dusk to dawn curfew imposed in Bassa LGA of Plateau State, gunmen suspected to be criminal herdsmen late Tuesday night invaded Chando-Zirechi (Tafi-Gana) of Miango District, leaving five persons dead in the wake of the attack.

Secretary General of the Irigwe Development Association, Comrade Danjuma Dickson Auta, while confirming the incident said, “As the Irigwe nation continue to receive attacks from left right and centre, over the unfortunate incident at Rukuba road, where innocent commuters which the Irigwe nation knows nothing about and we have continue to distance ourselves from the ungodly act as peace loving citizens.

“Yet, last night, 17th August 2021, one of our villages, Chando-Zrrechi (Tafi-Gana), was attacked last night by Fulani Herdsmen.

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“Five people confirmed dead so far at Tafi Gana village of Miango District Irigwe Chiefdom”.

He added that, “this is apart from another son of Irigwe killed at Dong village of Jos North LGA, in the evening of 16th August 2021, despite the 24 hour curfew imposed on the council.”

Auta called on security agencies and the government to end the persistent attacks meted out on their communities.

“If nothing is done to avert this ugly trend, Irigwe people will be wiped out. We see this as ethnic cleansing”, he decried.

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