Tuesday, June 24, 2025 - Three family members were k!lled while two others sustained serious injuries in a fresh attack in the Teebbe community, Miango district, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The victims, farmers from the same family, were attacked on
Monday, June 23, 2025 while harvesting tomatoes.
The victims are Mrs Sibi Monday, 30, Bako Mali Dih, 15, and
Ladi Bala, 13.
The two injured men, Esau Bala, 20, and Asabe Bala, 16, were
rushed to Jos for treatment.
The incident occurred while a fact-finding committee, set up
by Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang to investigate the causes of the
Plateau crisis from 2001 to date, was interacting with the community and
security personnel at the Bassa LGA secretariat.
Led by retired Major General Nicholas Roger, the committee
visited the scene of the attack to condole with the relatives of the victims,
adding that youths of Iregwe community were reportedly protesting the k!lling
but were calmed down through the intervention of the committee and the local
government chairman.
General Rogers, while at the scene of the incident, said,
“Today is a one of the saddest day in my life. At the moment we are in this
village. We were discussing with the LG chairman at the LG secretary on the way
ensure peace in Bassa then we were told that there was an attack.
"We quickly mobilized with the chairman and my team and
other security agencies. We meet three bodies on the ground. Three innocent
women. One of the victims who is a man was critically injured, almost dead. The
other victim has been rushed to Jos for treatment. The victims were at their
farm to harvest tomatoes when they were attacked. These are innocent young
girls killed."
“For us, this is a bad thing. We appealed to Irigwe youth not
to take laws into their hands and allow security agencies to handle the
situation. The deaths have taken away for burial, “ the committee chairman
said.
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