The Services Chiefs and Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has visited Plateau State after a recent attack by gunmen.
Raye24reporters gathered that this visit occurred in the aftermath of a fresh attack in Bokkos Local Government Area that claimed the lives of at least two individuals, including a father and his son.
Accompanied by the service chiefs and the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, Matawalle arrived at the Yakubu Gowon Airport Heipang via a Nigerian Air Force plane. Upon landing at 10:10 am, Matawalle took the salute from military officials.
The service chiefs present included General Gabriel Musa (Minister of Defence Staff), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja (Chief of Army Staff), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla (Chief of Naval Staff), and Air Marshall Hassan Abubakar (Chief of Air Staff).
Plateau State has experienced two attacks within a week, with the latest one resulting in the killing of a father and his son. In the previous attack on December 24, over 190 people lost their lives during the Christmas Eve attacks in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi local government areas.
The Transition Implementation Committee chairman, Markus Nyam, reported that the attackers invaded the village on Saturday night, and the community’s vigilantes engaged them, resulting in the death of one attacker.
The Joint Security Task Force Operation Safe Haven also responded promptly to the distress call, preventing further damage.
