Members of Butura community of Bokkos local government of Plateau State have demanded for justice over the killing of nine of its member within five days.

The community made their demand known in a statement in Jos at the weekend

The statement by the President, Butura Youth Movement (BYM) Sabastine Magit noted: ?In yet another unprovoked assault on members of the Butura community, armed terrorists, opened fire on innocent youths working at a mining site near the villages of Kuba and Maikatako in the Butura district of Bokkos Local Government Area in Plateau State on October 10.

?The attack was carried out at approximately 9 P.M. without any provocation, leading to the death of four innocent people and the injury of five others

?This attack occurred just four days after a tragic incident in the village of Wumat, where five members of a family, including a pregnant mother, lost their lives.

?Eyewitnesses report that the assailants executed a lightning-fast operation on October 10, fleeing the scene before military personnel stationed at a nearby checkpoint could respond. Tragically, four individuals were killed instantly, and five others sustained injuries.

? The victims of the latest killings include, Bwefuk Musa, 21 years, Klingshak Dickson, 21 years, Promise Joshua, 20 years and Nyam Abaka, 20 years?

?This was the latest in a series of unprovoked attacks on our community, which has seen over 20 of our members killed in the last month alone, all attributed to identified Fulani assailants.

?This incident is one of many, including previous attacks in Barkin Ladi, Riyom, Bassa, Jos North and South as well as Wase and Mangu local government areas, where innocent residents were brutally murdered in their sleep by militants without provocation.

?If authorities fail to take decisive action to stop these assaults and the defamation of our community, we may be left with no choice but to resort to self-defense as a means of survival,? it added. (The Nation)

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