Gov. Caleb Says Terrorists Occupying Schools in Barkin Ladi in the Last Five Years
Meanwhile, Governor Caleb Muftwang of plateau state has said that terrorists have been occupying schools in Barkin Ladi local government area of the state for the past five years.
He expressed concern over the failure of the military and the police to flush them out of the area.
Muftwang speaking on a television program on Tuesday on the Christmas day attacks carried out by gunmen in Barkin Ladi and Bokkos local government areas.
The governor who described those attacks as unprovoked said 96 persons were killed by the gunmen on Christmas eve.
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The governor said 15 were buried in Mangu and over 100 in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi local government areas on Monday morning.
The governor further noted that he would approach President Bola Tinubu to give clear instructions to security agents to protect the people on the Plateau against their land-grabbing attackers.
He said, I will be talking to Mr President on this. We need to summon the political will to give instructions to security agencies to protect the territorial integrity of Nigeria and even the internal integrity of our land boundaries.
