No fewer than 15 persons have been killed in renewed violence by gunmen in Bokkos and Mangu local government areas of Plateau State.
The recent violence happened on Thursday night at Manja community of Chakfem kingdom in Mangu, and Tangur community in Bokkos.
It was gathered that the attackers stormed the communities at different times.
While Tangur attack was around 9pm when people were already retiring to bed, that of Chakfem was much earlier.
The attackers, it was learnt, operated for a while during the attacks before disappearing.
Sources from Mangu and Bokkos confirmed to our correspondent that seven people were killed in Mangu, while eight people died in Bokkos.
According to one of the sources, the gunmen came to their community and started shooting sporadically, while breaking into peoples homes.
Shohotden Mathias Ibrahim, Director of Culture Mwaghavul Development Association and Director, IDP (Pilot Science) Camp in Mangu, confirmed the death toll of the Mangu attack to our correspondent, saying there is currently tension in the community.
Our correspondent’s messages to some community leaders and members in Bokkos were yet to be replied.
The Plateau State Command’s spokesperson, Alfred Alabo, was yet to respond to calls and text messages (SMS/WhatsApp) by our correspondent, as at when filing this report on Friday morning.
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