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Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Fulani herdsmen killed one student at PLASU during shooting attack in viral video.
Academic activities have been halted at Plateau State University (PLASU) in Bokkos. This followed the violent suppression of student demonstrations over the death of Dading James Jordan, a 200-level computer science student, by officers of the Nigerian Army.
FIJ learned that the student, along with a mother and her child, was killed by the Fulani herders who have been terrorising Bokkos Local Government Area for some time.
A source told FIJ that the Fulani herders attacked Chikam, a village close to PLASU, where many of its students also reside, at 11:45 pm on Thursday and killed the student.
“As I am talking to you, in Mangu local governorate alone, we buried 15 people. As of this morning, in Bokkos, we are counting not less than 100 corpses. I am yet to take stock of (the deaths in) Barkin Ladi,” Mutfwan said. “It has been a very terrifying Christmas for us here in Plateau.”
Amnesty International’s Nigeria office told The Associated Press that it has so far confirmed 140 deaths in the Christian-dominated Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi areas of Plateau, based on data compiled by its workers on the ground and from local officials. There were fears of a higher death toll as some people remained unaccounted for.
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