The terrorists who invaded 17 communities in Plateau state and killed at least 195 persons on Christmas eve have threatened to attack one of the communities today.
Stanley Kavwam, Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Middle Belt Forum, in an interview with Arise Television on Thursday, said the terrorists had sent a letter of an imminent attack to the Pushit community in the Mangu Local Government Area, where he hailed from.
When asked about the impending attack on the Pushit community, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Alabo Alfred, said that the command was aware of the threat. “We have intelligence, but we are working on it,” he said.
Some residents in Pushit, who spoke to a journalist on Thursday, said the villagers were aware of the threat letter by the terrorists and that the residents no longer sleep at night.
One of the villagers, Joshua Bukat said: “Here in the village, we have been living in fear since the news spread that terrorists are planning to launch a fresh attack in our community. From the letter, the terrorists said we would be running in the street with chicken and Christmas rice in our hands.
“As a matter of fact, we hardly sleep because we don’t know when they will come. This is not the first time they would send such letters of their plans to attack and on several occasions, they had carried out their threat. So, please help us to tell the government and the security agents to come to our rescue. They should act quickly to save lives and not take the threat for granted.”
The United Nations has demanded a probe of the Christmas Eve attack in which 195 persons were killed in 17 villages in the Barkin Ladi, Mangu, and Bokkos local government areas of the state.
The well-coordinated attacks also displaced over 10,000 persons, many of whom were presently taking refuge in churches, mosques, schools, and private residences.