Fresh attack in Plateau claims lives of Chief Imam and Okada rider

Both Muhammad Gambo, an okada rider, and Malam Muhammad Sani Idris, the Chief Imam of the Jumma’at Mosque in Ndun village, Tangur District, Bokkos local government area of Plateau state, have been assassinated.

On Wednesday, January 3, the Gan Allah Fulani Development Association (GAFDAN) head, Garba Abdullahi, verified the event.

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He said that the younger brother of the Imam who passed away, Salisu Muhammad Sani Idris, was being treated at the Dung Hospital in Bokkos town after being injured in the incident.

The Bokkos security authorities have been notified of the situation, according to the chairman, and they will take prompt action.

Less than a week had passed after the attack that claimed the lives of over 150 people in roughly 23 communities inside the Bokkos LGA, when the two herders were killed.

The GAFDAN chairman described the incident as follows: “On Monday, after coming to the community to gather some of their possessions left from the recent incidents where our members’ houses were burned down, the chief Imam and his younger were attacked.

They proceeded there to try and seize some of their belongings when they were unexpectedly ambushed. The imam was slain by the thugs, while his younger brother just suffered cuts from a machete.

“On Monday, while escorting a passenger to Bokkos Market, our comrade and okada rider Muhammad Gambo was killed. He was the second deceased. The chairman continued, “We have reported the two incidences to Operation Safe Have in Bokkos as well as the Police.

Bello Matawalle, the state minister for defence, visited the state on Sunday alongside the chiefs of the armed forces. Their visit was intended to express sympathy to the victims of recent assaults and to evaluate the security situation.

The service heads pledged to stop the senseless deaths in the state while touring one of the impacted communities.

In the state, fights and counterattacks are becoming frequent, particularly between farming groups and herders.