Plateau State Governor, Caleb Muftwang, has revealed that bandits have taken over 64 communities in the state.
Speaking during an interview on Channels TV on Tuesday, Mr Muftwang described the attacks as plots to wipe out the original owners of the land.
“These communities that have been recently attacked were part of the communities that were attacked in 2023 but they survived it and rebuilt themselves.
“The Ruwi community that was first attacked lost about 17 people in 2023 but they bounced back to show you the resilience of the people,” the governor said.
He also lamented that terrorism attacks have been ravaging the North-Central state for over 10 years.
“If these attacks have been going on for close to 10 years, it tells you that there is a deliberate, conscious attempt to clean out populations and to reopen.
“As I am talking to you, there are not less than 64 communities that have been taken over by bandits on the Plateau between Bokkos, Barkin Ladi and Riyom local governments. They have been taken over, renamed and people are living there conveniently on lands they pushed people away to occupy,” the governor alleged.
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