Youths and women have taken to the
streets in Plateau State's Mangu Local Government Area to protest the constant
attacks and killings carried out by suspected bandits, terrorists, or
This has caused tension in the area.
According to AL-LABEEB MEDIA, the
protesters were clad in all-black clothing and armed with leaflets to express
their deep displeasure with the worrying circumstances in Mangu that have
claimed hundreds of local lives.
Remember how gunmen who were
thought to be terrorists raided the village last week, shooting at civilians,
including helpless women and children who were sleeping.
In response, Solomon Marren, a representative for the Mangu/Bokkos Federal
Constituency in Plateau State in the House of Representatives, disclosed on Wednesday
that in recent months, his district had seen 200 or so victims of terrorist
attacks.
The lawmaker expressed his regret for the horrific reality of the situation in
a statement, saying, "I find it expedient at this time to intimate the
world on the unfortunate happenings in my constituency, Mangu/Bokkos Federal
Constituency, Plateau State, in the last two days, where over 100 persons, the
majority of them women and children, have been massacred and butchered in cold
blood by terrorists during an overnight unprovoked attack.
Their homes were destroyed by fire,
along with their food storage facilities, barns, and
Here is a link
to the protest video.
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