Agency Report
Over 300 persons have been displaced, and 30 houses destroyed, following a series of gunmen attacks in communities across Qua’an Pan LGA of Plateau State.
Our correspondent reports that while no lives were lost, the attacks have caused significant havoc to farmers, with many barns destroyed.
The latest attacks came six days after four herders were killed and one other injured in Fili village, Doemak district, of same Qua’an Pan LGA. Herders in the area told Daily Trust that the incident occurred while the victims were grazing animals.
Confirming the latest attacks, the spokesman of the Qua’an Pan LG Council, Danaan Cletus Sylvanus, said the chairman, Christopher Manship, had visited the affected communities, adding that some of the affected communities include Nteng, Doop, Zhep Morop, Gyeergu, Kelaghan, Loon, Kwakii, and Gorom in Doemak District.
Sylvanus said the chairman had held a stakeholders meeting and called on residents to be vigilant.
In a statement made available to journalists, Sylvanus said, “the Executive Chairman of Qua’an-Pan Local Government Area, Christopher Manship, lamented over the attacks and urged traditional rulers, religious leaders, and development associations to join hands with him to work towards a permanent solution to the attacks.
“The Chairman has mobilized security agencies to the affected areas to ensure the situation is brought under control. We are working tirelessly to restore peace and normalcy to the communities.”
Sylvanus further said the chairman had held a stakeholders meeting with religious and traditional leaders on the need for people to remain peaceful with one another irrespective of their ethnoreligious background.
Our correspondent reports that security personnel have been deployed to the affected areas to restore law and order in the areas.
