• 14 Apr, 2025
• Levi Akaaunde
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Grief as Over 45 Killed, Many Injured in Coordinated Night Raid on Gowon’s Plateau Community by Suspected Herdsmen

At least 45 people have been confirmed dead and many others seriously injured following a coordinated attack by suspected herdsmen on Zike Kimakpa, a community in the Kwall District of Irigwe Chiefdom, located in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.

The assault, which unfolded late Sunday night, plunged the once peaceful village into a state of mourning and shock.

Residents recounted harrowing scenes of armed assailants storming the area under the cover of darkness, opening fire indiscriminately and torching homes in a calculated strike. Eyewitnesses told Leadership that the attackers moved swiftly, setting fire to no fewer than 30 houses, leaving countless families displaced and properties destroyed. They came in shooting, and everywhere was chaos,” one local source said.

Danjuma Dickson Auta, Secretary General of the Irigwe Development Association (IDA), confirmed the incident in a telephone interview. He said that over 45 corpses had already been recovered, with the number of casualties expected to rise as search and rescue efforts continue. “It was clearly a coordinated and premeditated attack,” Auta emphasized, pointing to the scale and intensity of the violence.

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