No fewer than two students were killed
when gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen invaded a school in Barakn
Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Sunday Punch gathered that the
suspected Fulani terrorists from Bisichi village of Barakinladi LGA
attacked Dalo Memorial High School around Hiepang, in B/Ladi LGA of
Plateau State on Saturday at about 1pm.
Executive Director of Stefanos
Foundation, Mr. Mark Lipdo, said the terrorists shot two students,
killing one and injuring the other. The herdsmen were also said to have
also shot and killed a farmer on his farm and escaped into Bisichi
village.
But the Media Officer of the Special
Task Force, Capt. Ikedichi Iweha, said the Foron communities were the
architect of their misfortune because they rejected the deployment of
Special Task Force personnel to their communities.
According to him, the activities in the
area were caused by criminals, which the STF would have contained, but
the communities felt that they could protect themselves.
He said, “You remember that it was in
these same areas that some cows were stolen and some herdsmen went
missing. But these communities have refused the deployment of our men to
their areas. They think that they have the wherewithal to protect
themselves.”
Iweha
exonerated STF personnel from any involvement in the criminality in the
area, adding that despite the communities refusing STF deployment, the
personnel have been responding to emergencies in those areas.
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