The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Plateau State chapter, has condemned the latest attack in Barkin-Ladi local government area of the state.
DAILY POST reports that Plateau Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of 11 persons in attacks on Razat, Ruku, Nyarr, Kura and Gana-Ropp villages of Gashish District in Barkin Ladi Local Government.
Also hit were Daffo and Kuba communities in Bokkos Local Government.
The state chapter of CAN in a statement signed by its chairman, Rev Soja Bewarang, described the killings as disheartening, noting that it was a deliberate attempt to conquer and occupy the land of the people not farmers and herders clash.
The statement read, ”CAN also note with great pains the dastardly attacks ongoing in many other local government areas in the State by the herdsmen militias.
“CAN condemns in the strongest terms the level of the continuous genocide of Plateau people.
“Barkin Ladi is under siege with more than 200 innocent precious human lives killed and countless driven out in the rains and left without shelter.
“The unholy act was a systematic genocide and perceived as a deliberate attempt to destroy the cultural heritage of Plateau people,
“The Government should use its might to bring these killings to a stop.Also the International community should come to the aid of Plateau people as security agencies seems to be incapable of contending with the challenges
“The soil of Plateau is smelling with rotten dead bodies as a result of silent killings.”
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