Heavily armed gunmen Sunday night raided Zike Kimakpa community in Kwall Irigwe Chiefdom, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, leaving 45 people dead.
The gunmen entered the community shooting sporadically and setting homes ablaze causing mayhem and members of the community rushing to safety. Irigwe Development Association (IDA) secretary-general Danjuma Dickson Auta, confirmed that 45 bodies have been recovered.
He said the attack was a well-planned and coordinated assault on the community, suggesting that the attackers were organized and deliberate in their actions.
The Plateau State Commissioner Information and Communication Hon. Joyce Ramnap, called the incident “one too many,” adding that these series of attacks were posing an existential threat to the lives and livelihoods of the state’s peace-loving residents.
“It is sad that in less than two weeks after our people were killed in Bokkos Local Government, this sad incident is reoccurring in another community in Bassa Local Government,” Ramnap said. She emphasized that the attack was an attempt to disrupt the peace that had slowly returned to the state.
