Following police arrests of some community members of Bokkos, in the Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, for alleged involvement in recent killings in the area, women have burnt down the district head’s residence and administrative office.
The protesting women set fire on the residence of Michal Monday Adanchi, on Friday afternoon, after some community members were arrested by the police in the ongoing investigation over recent killings of residents in the area in the eve of Christmas.
The women according to reports first went to police station demanding the release of the arrested community members but were denied, thus venting their anger on the district head whom they described as ‘sellout’.
The destructive actions, WikkiTimes learnt, began at the police station and escalated to burning down the district head’s property including his administrative office.
“The incident began at the police station where they expressed their anger over the arrest of some members of the community. After leaving the police station, they proceeded to the house of the traditional ruler, protesting that he was a sellout. A few minutes after reaching the house, they set it ablaze,” a source in the area said.
Alfred Alabo, the Plateau State Police Command’s spokesperson, did not answer several phone calls put to him nor did he reply to messages sent to him.
WikkiTimes had earlier reported that 221 houses were burnt, resulting in the death of 86 persons, during the Christmas Eve attacks by gunmen in Plateau State.
The State Commissioner of Police, Okoro Alawari, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement signed by the command’s spokesman, Alfred Alabo.
Alawari stated that the attacks were carried out by the assailants in 15 communities of Bokkos and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of the state, leaving eight vehicles burnt in the process.
“The Commissioner of Police, Plateau State Command, CP Okoro Alawari expresses grief over the deadly attacks that took place in some remote villages of Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State carried out by some yet-to-identified assailants on the December 24, 2023 at odd hours of the night, and sympathises with the families of those who lost their loved ones in the gruesome attack,” the statement read.
“On December 24, 2023, at 2200hrs, the following 12 villages in Bokkos LGA were attacked; Ndun, Ngyong, Murfet, Makundary, Tamiso, Chiang, Tahore, Gawarba, Dares, Meyenga, Darwat and Butura Kampani.
“Similarly, on December 24, 2023, at about 2245hrs, three villages in Barkin-Ladi LGA namely; NTV, Hurum and Darawat were also attacked.”
