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From Jude Owuamanam Jos
Forty more bodies have been recovered in the coordinated attacks by gunmen in some communities in Bokkos local government council of Plateau State, bringing the death toll to 52.
Our correspondent gathered that a search and rescue team, which combed the bushes after some villagers were reported missing, recovered 40 bodies on Thursday and Friday
The gunmen had attacked Mangor Tamiso, Daffo, Manguna (Tagai), Hurti and Tadai communities of Bokkos Local Government Area of the State on the night of April 2nd, 2025 and opened fire on innocent citizens.
Chairman of Bokkos Cultural Development Council (BCDC), Vanguard, Farmasum Fuddang, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Friday.
He said 31 persons were given a mass burial on Thursday, with another 5 underaged victims burnt to ashes in Hurti village, 11 others were killed in Ruwi village, four persons killed in Manguna with one person killed in Dafo village.
Meanwhile, the Plateau state government said some suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of innocent citizens in five communities of Bokkos Local Government Council of the state on Wednesday.
The commissioner for information and communication Hon Joyce Ramnap in a statement made available to new men confirmed the development to newsmen in Jos.
She said the Plateau State Government has condemned the recent wave of violent attacks in the wee hours of 2nd April 2025 at Manguno, Josho and Daffo communities in Bokkos Local Government Area in which some communities got razed and lives were lost.
In a related development, men of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) said they foiled attacks on Bokkos communities, recovered arms and ammunition in Plateau.
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A statement signed by the Media Information Officer, Major Zhakom, said that the troops on the ongoing Operation Lafiyan Jama’a on 2 April 2025 foiled militia attacks on communities of Tamiso, Daffo, Manguna, Taddai and Hurti in Bokkos local government area (LGA) of Plateau State.
He said that during the operation, troops made contact, overwhelmed and forced the attackers to abandon 1 AK-47 rifle and 6 motorcycles.
The statement said, “Troops exploited the general area and observed traces of blood along the withdrawal route of the criminals.
“Through further exploitation of the attacked locations in Bokkos, troops on 3 April 2025 conducted clearance operations at Hurti community, having observed the activities of militias within the mountainous area. Troops engaged the criminals with a high volume of fire, forcing them to withdraw in disarray.
“The area was combed by troops and 1 locally fabricated pistol, 6 rounds of 9mm and 4 motorcycles were recovered. Troops are currently dominating the general area to neutralise the fleeing criminals.
“Additionally, on 3 April 2025, troops of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Gashish conducted offensive operations at Dome Hill, Rahul Mazat and Anguwa Mamuda in Barkin Ladi LGA of Plateau State.
“During the operations, troops acting on credible intelligence searched the hideout of some notorious criminals and recovered 1 fabricated revolver rifle, 1 round of 7.62mm (Special) and cash amounting to the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred naira (#89,800.00) only.
“However, the suspects escaped before troops arrived at the site. The recovered arms and ammunition are in custody, while efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing criminals.
“Also, on 3 April 2025, troops of Sector 2 OPSH, in conjunction with local vigilantes acting on credible intelligence on the activities of bandits along Kampani Zurak road in Wase LGA of Plateau State, conducted offensive operations to clear the criminals.
“During the engagement, troops neutralised one bandit and recovered 1 AK-47 rifle magazine and 1 motorcycle, amongst other items. Troops are in pursuit of the other fleeing bandits.”
