Plateau: Soldiers accused of complicity in alleged genocide against Bokkos residents

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The Bokkos Cultural Development Council, BCDC, Vanguard, says about 30 people have so far been killed by suspected Fulani militias in Kopnanle and Mandung-Mushu villages and and other parts of Bokkos local Government Area of Plateau State. The group, in a statement issued by the chairman, Barr.

Farmasum Fuddang, alleged that soldiers of the Nigerian Army are involved in an ongoing genocide against the indigenous people of Bokkos. He explained, 'As of now, close to 30 of our members have been killed — around ten in Kopnanle village in Mangu Local Government which borders Bokkos, ten in Mandung-Mushu in Bokkos Local Government and several others in different surrounding communities.

He explained that the BCDC Vanguard had previously raised the alarm regarding the victimization and wrongful labeling of their community by security agencies, fueled by a defamatory memo purportedly from the Department of State Services, DSS, with reference number S.112/3176 dated April 8, 2024 and filed on the same date to the Plateau State Commissioner of Police.

 

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