Plateau Bleeds: Soldiers Recovered 40 More Bodies In Bokkos Killing As Death Tolls Hits 52

Our correspondent gathered that a search and rescue team, which combed the bushes after some villagers were reported missing, recovered 40 bodies between Thursday and Friday

The gunmen had attacked Mangor Tamiso, Daffo, Manguna (Tagai), Hurti and Tadai communities of Bokkos Local Government Area of the state on the night of April 2nd and opened fire on innocent citizens.

Chairman of Bokkos Cultural Development Council (BCDC) Vanguard, Farmasum Fuddang, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Friday.

He said 31 persons were given a mass burial on Thursday, with five underage victims burnt in Hurti village. He said 11 others were killed in Ruwi village, four persons killed in Manguna with one person killed in Dafo village.Meanwhile the Plateau State Government said some suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of innocent citizens in five communities of Bokkos Local Government Council of the state on Wednesday. The Commissioner for information and Communication, Hon Joyce Ramnap, in a statement made available to newsmen, confirmed the development.

She said the Plateau State Government has condemned the recent wave of violent attacks in the wee hours of 2nd April, 2025 at Manguno, Josho and Daffo communities in Bokkos Local Government Area in which some communities got razed and lives were lost.

In a related development, men of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) said they foiled attacks on Bokkos communities and recovered arms and ammunition in Plateau.

A statement signed by the Media Information Officer, Major Zhakom, said that the troops of Operation Lafiyan Jama’a on April 2 foiled militia attacks on communities of Tamiso, Daffo, Manguna, Taddai and Hurti in Bokkos Local Government area (LGA) of Plateau State.

He said during the operation, troops made contact, overwhelmed and forced the attackers to abandon one AK-47 rifle and six motorcycles. He said more arms and ammunition as well as cash were recovered, just as many suspected criminals were neutralized or dispersed.