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Brother Tells How Man Mobbed, Stoned In Jos Survive While To Pick Dead Body https://osazuwaakonedo.news/brother-tells-how-man-mobbed-stoned-in-jos-survive-while-to-pick-dead-body/ #Bola #Caleb #Gwong #Terminus #UNIJOS #Jos #Mutfwang #Nassarawa #Plateau #Police #Tinubu Young man who identified himself as a  400 level student in the Department of Statistics at the University of Jos, UNIJOS in Plateau state has given accounts how he was told to go and collect the dead body of his sibling on the phone by the attackers who on Wednesday were seen in a viral video that mobbed and stoned his sibling almost to death at an ever busy road near the permanent site of the University of Jos, accordingly, he said the victim who happened to be his younger sibling is also a 300 level student in the Department of Geology from the same University of Jos, saying, his younger sibling only went out around 8 or 9 on Wednesday morning to resolve issue with his bank account at Terminus area of the Jos city when he came under attack after the driver of the commercial tricycle or Keke he entered abandoned him half way and asked him to find way out for his own escape as the rampaging mobs took over the road. #OsazuwaAkonedo  Police, Gov Mutfwang, Tinubu Mute Over Man Mobbed, Stoned To Death In Jos https://osazuwaakonedo.news/police-gov-mutfwang-tinubu-mute-over-man-mobbed-stoned-to-death-in-jos/ #Angwan #Apata #Bauchi #Biu #Bola #Caleb #Chobe #Farin #Ferin #Gada #Gadabiu #Gwong #Rukuba #Terminus #Tina #UNIJOS #Jos #Mutfwang #Nassarawa #Plateau #Police    Unsafe Nigeria; Tinubu Commends Kad, Plateau Govs After Citizens’ Massacres https://osazuwaakonedo.news/unsafe-nigeria-tinubu-commends-kad-plateau-govs-after-citizens-massacres/ #Alex #Angwan #APC #Barbir #Bola #Borno #Buratai #Caleb #Dachomo #Donald #Gari #Kagarko #Kahir #LP #Moore #Riley #Rukuba #Waye #Ezekiel #Fubara #Jos #Kaduna #Mutfwang #PDP #Plateau #Rivers #Sani #Siminalayi #Tinubu #Trump #Tukur #UBA #US

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00:00Young man who identified himself as a 400-level student in the Department of Statistics at the University of Joss.

00:07UniJoss in Plateau State has given accounts how he was told to go and collect the dead body of his

00:13sibling on the phone by the attackers

00:15who on Wednesday were seen in a viral video that mobbed and stoned his sibling almost to death at an

00:21ever-busy road near the permanent site of the University of Joss.

00:25Accordingly, he said the victim who happened to be his younger sibling is also a 300-level student in the

00:32Department of Geology from the same University of Joss,

00:35saying, his younger sibling only went out around 8 or 9 on Wednesday morning to resolve issue with his bank

00:42account at Terminus Area of the Joss City

00:44when he came under attack after the driver of the commercial tricycle or KK he entered abandoned him halfway

00:50and asked him to find way out for his own escape as the rampaging mobs took over the road.

00:56According to the elder brother of the mob victim who also introduced himself simply as Nando,

01:02his younger sibling already sensing danger, called him on the phone,

01:06that the KK driver had abandoned him halfway before the junction of his house,

01:10that, he's currently running on the street towards home, adding,

01:14the victim begged him to look for commercial motorcycle or a KK rider to advance towards his direction

01:20and wait at their street junction to help him home, but, while he made attempt to do as requested by

01:26his younger brother,

01:28the security operatives in the area prevented him, saying,

01:31they can't allow him go out because the situation in town was too dangerous.

01:36He said while he was looking helpless, he decided to put a call across to his younger brother,

01:42only for the phone's call to be answered by the attackers who spoke to him in house the language that

01:47they have killed his brother,

01:49that, he should go to the scene to pick his younger brother's dead body.

01:53He said he started crying and a lot of people around started consoling him

01:57while the security operatives at the senior staff quarters gate still prevented him from going out until there is normalcy

02:04in the area.

02:06He said some sympathizers took him home from the point he was to the university staff quarters

02:11where his neighbors who came in to also console him started encouraging him not to cry again,

02:16with the optimism that, his younger brother is not dead.

02:20He said one of his neighbors thereafter asked him to report the issue at the police station,

02:25which they did and submitted the snapped copy of the victim's student identity card at the police station

02:31and returned home waiting for feedback from the police.

02:34He said he was waiting on the police for feedback, he decided to log in into his WhatsApp group chats,

02:40and behold, he saw a video of his younger brother being interviewed at a hospital bed inside an undisclosed medical

02:47center

02:47and that was how he knew he was still alive and his whereabouts.

02:51It would be recalled that we had reported that it may not be wrong to say lack of proper accountability

02:56by the Nigeria police force.

02:58President Bola Ahmed Tanubu and the governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang is largely responsible

03:05for the daily killings in the troubled Joss city of Plateau State.

03:09This is probably glaring on Wednesday when a resident reported with a video evidence of a disturbing situation

03:15wherein a man was seen mobbed and stoned to death at a very popular and ever-busy road

03:20apparently within the area or near the University of Joss permanent site,

03:25group of attackers as seen in the video operated for some minutes if not up to an hour,

03:30used sticks, stones among others to hit the victim's head until they were satisfied the man would have been dead,

03:37while vehicles were seen speeding off,

03:39and moving away from them with no resistance or timely response from the

03:43Nigerian security operatives even when the worsening security situations and tensions in Plateau State

03:50have become of global concern.

03:52This, the Plateau State command of the Nigeria police force in a statement on Wednesday,

03:58only said a disagreement ensued between some youths in Nassarawoguang community of Joss North local government area

04:05on Wednesday and caused minor tensions in the town, saying,

04:09Unfortunately, some hoodlums and crisis merchants took advantage of the situation to cause fear and panic

04:16among traders and students within the university community.

04:20However, the command in collaboration with other security agencies swiftly intervened,

04:26arrested the situation and restored calm in the area

04:29but the Nigeria police force command apparently kept mute on the now viral video of a man being mobbed

04:35and stoned to death in a brutal and highly provocative manner that can cause a reprisal attack,

04:41more so, as daily killings in the state are attributed to religious differences,

04:45although some persons said the victim was still alive but Sun newspaper reported on Thursday morning

04:51that three persons including the victim were killed in the fresh violence that erupted in Plateau State on Wednesday.

04:58When the daybreak, my brother was like, he wants to go to the Terminus

05:04because he was like, he's having an issue with his bank.

05:08So, he said that he's going to the Terminus so that he wants to find an issue and come back.

05:15So, I'm going to the Terminus and like, that's how the thing started

05:19because he left, he left from around 8 to 9, Terminus, so when he went to Terminus

05:25and he was like, the bank was not even opened there because there is tension still going on.

05:31When he saw that the bank was not open, UBF bank, so as he wants to turn and started coming

05:36back quarters

05:38and that's how the thing happened, you just see people running everywhere, everybody just trying to escape, running.

05:44He now entered the KK, he managed to go to the KK, so he entered and like, the KK was

05:51even taking him not too far from Terminus, and the KK man saw that almost, they are just fighting, people

05:57are running for their life, all these guys stop, now stop and say almost, he said like, you just come

06:03down and know how to escape.

06:06So, when my brother came down, he saw the situation, he now picked his phone, he called me, he's in

06:14Terminus, Trent's coming back, he got the KK, but the KK man didn't reach him to our junction, so, but

06:21it's not quite far, it's not too far from our junction, yeah, so he's just running, like, with his leg,

06:26so that maybe he'll reach our junction, so that he'll enter inside, you know, stop at us, and he was

06:29like, please, can I come to the junction, maybe if I can see a bike, something like that, so that

06:33I'll come and carry him or help me out,

06:36and I was like, okay, okay, let me come down to the junction, so when we end that call, and

06:40I was, I came out of my room, I locked my room,

06:44or when I was trying to go out, I reached our senior staff quarter's gate, the security is there, couldn't

06:49allow me to go out, because of the condition of, like, of the place, because of the condition of the

06:56place, it's not that safe,

06:58so they said that I will not be going out of the boat, I have to stay, because if you

07:04lock the gate, they allowed me to go, and I was like,

07:07but my brother called me, and this is how they said, they're not okay, if there is a case, let

07:11me, let me call him back, so when I called him, and the people that, I don't know, the people

07:18that attack him,

07:19I don't even know, they are the one that picked the call, and they was like, they picked the call,

07:25and they just say hello, and it's like, the next thing they start telling me, that's what they were telling

07:29me,

07:30I was like, that they have killed my brother, that they have killed my brother, that I should come and

07:32take his corpse, from there, I just, my heart just broke, I just started crying,

07:37I was crying, I was crying, I was crying, when people were coming, they were seeing me crying, everything was

07:44in the door, and they just managed to take me to my police quarters,

07:48so when I reached there, I was even crying, I was just crying, my neighbors, people around, they came out,

07:55and I was like, what is going on, and I told them, this is, this is what is going on

07:58with my brother,

07:59he went out, he went out, telling us, coming back, all these kinds of, and they were like, let me

08:05keep quiet, my brother is not dead,

08:08they believe that, he will still come back, let me stop crying, they believe that, they believe that my brother

08:12is,

08:13maybe someone come and rescue him to the hospital, or something like that, or maybe his wall fell down,

08:18and they picked it, and they were just trying to put fear, fear in me, and I was like, all

08:23right, let me just, they'll just try and consult me,

08:26they'll calm me down, I said, okay, so when I stayed for one hour, yeah, let me just one hour,

08:33I was like, I was like, I was really, really worried,

08:37then one of my, my landlady, my neighbors, she came and told me, told me how that, let us just

08:44go back to the security people,

08:45and go and report to them that, maybe they, maybe they can go out and look for him, or, even

08:51if it is, like, he's dead,

08:53but let them, maybe let them find him, okay, thank God, he left his ID card, he didn't took his

08:59ID card to the terminal,

09:01so I carried the ID card along with me, so we went, we tell them that, so this is the

09:06person that,

09:07he went to the terminal, and we don't even know, whether they have killed him, or he's still alive,

09:12and now collect the ID card, they snap the ID card, and I said, okay,

09:16let me just go back to my, to my DQ, let me just go and relax, they'll know what to

09:22do about it,

09:23and I said, okay, so, and I went back to my, my quarters, I was there, I was there, one

09:30hour, two hours,

09:31around, exactly, it was 12 to one, and I also, I now logged into my group chat, and I now,

09:38so,

09:38they started posting videos, because my group chat, they know me, so, there's, there's also the video

09:45online, and just started posting on my, on my, on my WhatsApp platform, and I was like, when I enter,

09:52I checked the video, and I just, I played the video, and I, and I, I hear, it's my royal

09:57voice,

09:58they were like, trying to make him, they interviewed him, they were asking him, okay, what is your name,

10:04I said, his name is Longji Monshap, which, which, which, which department, he said,

10:09geology, 200 level, University of Joss, then the woman was like, okay, you have a relative,

10:16or do you stay with anyone around, and he said, yes, he said, what is the name of the person,

10:21he said, his name is Nandong, I said, okay, and the woman was like, today, she, she asked him,

10:28okay, which, which department, she said, Excel statistics department, 400 level,

10:32the woman was like, everything there, then, it was, post, they post the video online,

10:38so, that's how people are just attacking me, the people started calling me, everything,

10:43that's how I know, where, it's where,

10:49it may not be wrong to say lack of proper accountability by the Nigeria police force,

10:56President Bola Ahmed Tenubu and the Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mufwang is largely responsible

11:01for the daily killings in the troubled Joss city of Plateau State, this is probably glaring on Wednesday

11:08when a resident reported with a video evidence of a disturbing situation wherein a man was seen

11:14mobbed and stoned to death at a very popular and ever busy road apparently within the area or near

11:19the University of Joss permanent site, group of attackers have seen in the video operated for

11:25some minutes if not up to an hour, used sticks, stones among others to hit the victim's head until

11:31they were satisfied the man would have been dead, while vehicles were seen speeding off and moving

11:37away from them with no resistance or timely response from the Nigerian security operatives

11:42even when the worsening security situations and tensions in Plateau State have become of global concern,

11:49this, the Plateau State command of the Nigeria police force in a statement on Wednesday,

11:54only said a disagreement ensued between some youths in Nasrawagwong community of Joss North local

12:01government area on Wednesday and caused minor tensions in the town, saying, unfortunately,

12:08some hoodlums and crisis merchants took advantage of the situation to cause fear and panic among

12:13traders and students within the university community, however, the command in collaboration

12:19with other security agencies swiftly intervened, arrested the situation and restored calm in the

12:25area but the Nigeria police force command apparently kept mute on the now viral video of a man being

12:32mobbed and stoned to death in a brutal and highly provocative manner that can cause a reprisal attack,

12:38more so, as daily killings in the state are attributed to religious differences, although some

12:43persons said the victim was still alive but Sun newspaper reported on Thursday morning that three

12:48persons including the victim were killed in the fresh violence that erupted in Plateau State on Wednesday.

12:55According to the police press release signed and made available by the Plateau State Police Command

13:00Public Relations Officer, Alfred Alibo, following the relaxation of the 48-hour curfew by the

13:07Executive Governor of Plateau State, the Commissioner of Police, C.P. Basiowa, advises members of the

13:14public to comply with the curfew imposition, as there will be strict enforcement.

13:19In the early hours of today, a disagreement which ensued between some youths in Nasarawagwang community of

13:25Joss North local government area caused minor tensions in the town. Unfortunately, some hoodlums and

13:32crisis merchants took advantage of the situation to cause fear and panic among traders and students

13:38within the university community. However, the command in collaboration with other security agencies

13:44swiftly intervened, arrested the situation and restored calm in the area. Efforts have since been made by the

13:51police, the state government and the leadership of the school to provide buses to convey the students to

13:57their preferred locations while massive security deployment has been made by the command to secure

14:02other students and school facilities. So far, the command has arrested seven suspects including one Matthew

14:10Musa, 27 years, who was arrested in possession of two locally made firearms and one Yakubu Abdullahi,

14:1726 years old who was wearing a military uniform with an extra shirt and a forged Nigerian military school

14:24identity card. The suspects are currently under investigation at the state CID and will be charged

14:30to court upon conclusion. The CP hereby warns all criminal elements who intend to use this as an

14:37avenue to cause mayhem within the state, that the command will not hesitate to deal with them

14:42severely in accordance with the law. He, further warns that the command will not stand and watch lawless

14:48hoodlums turn the state into a theater for violence. He therefore calls on all parents, traditional,

14:55religious leaders to warn their children, wards, congregants and followers to abide by the curfew

15:01restrictions, as the command will show no mercy in ensuring that the law takes its full course.

15:07To report any suspicious activities within your environment, visit the nearest police station or contact

15:13our control room through the numbers below 07059473022 and 08038907662. PPRO phone number 08060545670 and PCB phone numbers.

15:4907058001055. Additional number 07068890355. In a statement personally signed on Wednesday,

16:03President Bola Ahmed Tanubu said, I have postponed my trip to Iperu, Ogun State. My first duty at this

16:11moment is to stand with the people of Plato. I will be in Joss to commiserate with families who have

16:17lost

16:18loved ones and to reaffirm that those who seek to spread fear will not prevail. We will continue to

16:24strengthen our security response and ensure that justice is done. From Plato, I will proceed to

16:30Lagos to observe Good Friday, and then continue with scheduled engagements in Ogun, Lagos, and Bielsa

16:36focused on infrastructure, trade, and economic growth. In moments of grief, we must stand together.

16:44In moments of progress, we must keep building. The work continues.

16:49Nigeria first. Governor Caleb Muffuang of Plato State also stated in a statement on Wednesday that,

16:55today, I visited President Bola Ahmed Tanubu to brief him on the Palm Sunday night attack in the

17:01Wenerukuba community of Joss Wharf local government area, and to update him on the proactive measures we

17:07have taken to address the situation. The incident was deeply unfortunate, but we thank God that the

17:14situation has now been brought under control. In response to the attack, we swiftly implemented

17:20several proactive steps, including the imposition of a 48-hour curfew, the reinforcement of the existing

17:26ban on motorcycle operations within the Greater Joss Master Plan, and the immediate convening of a

17:32State Security Council meeting to review and strengthen our security framework to prevent

17:37further escalation. This morning, we relaxed the curfew from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. to allow residents

17:44attend to essential activities. Regrettably, some miscreants took advantage of this window to engage

17:51in looting and attempt to disrupt the peace. I am, however, pleased to report that our security forces

17:58responded promptly and restored order without delay. The President expressed his support for the

18:04decisive measures we have put in place to contain the situation and prevent a recurrence of such

18:09unfortunate incidents. He also offered valuable counsel on strategies to achieve lasting peace in

18:16the state and extended his heartfelt condolences to the victims and the people of Plato State.

18:21Deeply moved by the situation, the President has graciously adjusted his schedule to undertake an

18:27emergency visit to Plato State as a demonstration of his concern, solidarity, and commitment to the

18:33people. He has also approved additional measures to be implemented in collaboration with security

18:39agencies to further stabilize the situation. Punch newspaper had reported earlier on Wednesday that

18:46tension has again erupted in Joss, Plato State, as fresh attacks by hoodlums on motorists and residents

18:53were recorded across several parts of the city on Wednesday, despite the recent relaxation of the

18:59curfew by the state government. According to our correspondent, sources said a young man walking

19:05along the road leading to the Unijoss permanent site was hacked to death by hoodlums who descended on him

19:10without provocation. The killing further heightened panic among residents already, on edge over the

19:17growing unrest. In the terminus, Bauchi Road and Gangya areas, several motorists had their windscreens

19:24smashed as mobs attacked passing vehicles and pedestrians. Business activities were paralyzed

19:30across affected communities, with many shop owners refusing to open for fear of being caught in the

19:36violence. Banks operating in the volatile locations were also forced to shut down operations temporarily,

19:43as staff and customers struggled to navigate the escalating tension. Residents listed the most

19:49affected areas as the Unijoss Corridor, Bauchi Road, Farangada, Tina Junction and Chobe, noting that

19:56movement had significantly thinned out as many people opted to remain indoors. Sun newspaper also reported

20:03that, few hours after the relaxation of the 48-hour curfew imposed by the Plateau state government

20:09over Sunday's killing in Angwin-Rakuba, fresh violence erupted around the city center yesterday

20:15heightening tension and uncertainty. In the latest orgy of violence, two persons were killed in Gardabue area

20:22when some rampaging youths attacked traders who had displayed their wares early in the morning while the

20:28third person was hacked to death along Farangada markets near the main campus of the University of

20:33Joss Unijoss. In the heat of the mayhem, the bells of the Fatima Cathedral church continuously tolled,

20:40signaling troubles. Consequently youth from Gardabue, Apartha and Chobe barricaded the gigantic edifice and

20:47chased away hoodlums who attempted to attack the church.

20:51As the chief security officer of the state, how can you correct this impression of the true picture of

20:57what is happening? Well, in a crisis of this nature you can reduce it to one reason. It's a mixture

21:05of

21:05multiple reasons and sometimes you can only deduce the actual reasons when you are able to get two

21:14groups of people, first the victims and then the attackers. Unfortunately we've not been able to lay

21:20hands on the attackers yet to know their identities and their motive but of course the victims would

21:29normally speak like you have said and but we are seeing this as an act of criminality. It's barbaric,

21:37we condemn it, it's an act of terrorism because whatever religion you belong to it does not give you any

21:45basis to come and do the kind of actions that were done on on sunday. We're therefore hoping that going

21:53forward we'll deal with this as criminality.

22:01President Bola Ahmed Tanubu of Nigeria has commended the governors of Kaduna and Plateau states after

22:08citizens were massacred by terrorists almost simultaneously on sunday in the two states.

22:13With the president claiming governor Caleb Muthuan contained the situation in Joss without

22:18specifically stating what the governor did, even when armed terrorists seen successfully invaded and

22:24massacred citizens or brutally and indiscriminately shot sporadically and killed numbers of persons at

22:30Gary Yar way quarters in the Angwin Rekuba community of Joss North local government area of Plateau

22:37state on Sunday night which was also the Christians last day of the holy week of Lend known as Palm

22:43Sunday

22:44leading up to Easter celebration. Residents said the terrorists raided the community and operated for

22:50a long period of time that lasted up to an hour without resistance or any action from government,

22:56some even accused men of the armed forces of Nigeria, AFN of allegedly aiding and giving cover to the

23:03terrorists to escape. Specifically, one of the youth's leaders in Plateau state who spoke with

23:08a prominent Nigeria social media personality, Martins Vincentots aka Varidagman who visited the scene of

23:15the crime, said, Nigeria soldiers prevented the youths from going after the terrorists and stood in between the

23:22gaps shooting at the youths while the terrorists escaped. But, in a swift reaction on Tuesday, Nigeria army

23:29authority debunked the claim that the soldiers gave the terrorists a cover, saying, the soldiers arrived

23:35the scene with four gun trucks after the terrorists had left due to long distance and acted professionally

23:40without stating what the soldiers did, professionally, before the Sunday massacre, on Friday, in one of the

23:47burial ceremonies of the people that were previously killed by terrorists in Plateau state during the

23:53Christian's Holy Week of Lent, Rev. Ezekiel Dacamo while speaking, said, in this village, Riminrium local

24:00government area, alone, we have received attacks from the Islamic terrorists more than 24 times,

24:07and many residents said the Sunday massacre was premeditated and the governor and the president

24:12apparently failed to put proactive measures in place to prevent the attacks, that aside, almost at the

24:18same time on Sunday, another group of terrorists attacked Kahir village in Kagako local government

24:24area of Kaduna state, shot sporadically at residents and killed and kidnapped several numbers of wedding

24:30guests, a crime, according to Punch newspaper, a resident said the attackers operated freely and

24:36successfully up to an hour without resistance. But, President Bola Ahmed Tanubu in a press statement on

24:43Tuesday specifically said, I commend Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau state for his efforts in

24:48containing the situation in JOS and Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna state for supporting the rescue and

24:54containment efforts. Apparently reacting to the worsening security situation in Nigeria shortly after

25:01the president press release was published on Tuesday, Lieutenant General Takua Baratai, former Nigeria

25:08chief of army staff posted a video in his verified Facebook social media account, with a statement,

25:14history, Mediguri, Nigeria, year 2017. For the first time in years, the Nigerian army conducted military

25:23drills in the Sambisa forest which previously had been a stronghold for Boko Haram. Voice of America,

25:30VOA was given rare access to the exercises. Formations of the Nigerian army performed their

25:372017 annual drill in Borno state, in northeast Nigeria. The location in Sambisa forest was no

25:45accident. The Nigerian army retic Sambisa late 2016 and moved its annual exercises there. The event

25:52was attended by leaders from the military and the Nigerian government. In contrast to the commendation

25:59of Plateau and Kaduna states. Governors, it would be recalled that President Bola Tanubu declared a state

26:05of emergency in Rivers State on March 18, 2025 and gave six-month suspension to the governor,

26:12Simona Lai Fibara and his deputy, and the State House of Assembly on the grounds that the Fibara

26:18administration was failing to protect critical infrastructure, specifically regarding the

26:23reported vandalization of oil pipelines like Trans Niger pipeline without intervention,

26:28even in the face of verifiable facts that on February 18, 2025, exactly one month before his

26:36suspension, Fibara met with the general officer commanding, GOC of the 6th Division, pledging full

26:42support for military efforts to curb pipeline vandalism and protect national infrastructure and

26:48invested in operational equipment, including donating vehicles, gunboats, and an AW-139 helicopter to the

26:56Nigerian Air Force on March 5, 2025 to enhance their efficiency in patrolling oil facilities,

27:03while Fibara also publicly charged traditional rulers to actively work for peace in the domains

27:09and help stem the tide of oil bunkering and vandalism. According to American humanitarian and

27:15people's rights activist, Alex Barbier, if you have no right to breathe, what right do you have?

27:21While people are fighting for elections, and painting banners of Tanubu, and everybody's worrying about

27:28APC, PDP, LP, you are being killed. At what point will the people care about life? Alex Barbier made

27:37this in reaction to the Sunday massacre at Gary Yahweh area in Joss, while speaking with the locals at the

27:43scene of the crime. While Reverend Ezekiel Dacamo called on President Donald Trump of the United States,

27:50U.S. to send a small unit of U.S. soldiers alongside U.S. drones to Plateau State else the

27:56people in the state would be wiped out by the Islami terrorists. Reacting to soldiers giving

28:01the terrorists cover to escape, Captain Chenonso Policarpo-Tay, the media information officer of

28:08Joint Task Force Operation Enduring Peace in a rebuttal on Tuesday, stated in quotes that,

28:14the attention of Headquarters Joint Task Force Operation Enduring Peace has been drawn to a

28:19false comment by one of the youth leaders of Angwin-Rakuba community, circulating on various

28:25social media platforms, alleging that troops provided cover for the perpetrators of Palm Sunday

28:31unprovoked attack at Angwin-Rakuba community in Joss North local government area of Plateau State.

28:37Ordinarily, the reply to the comment made by the youth leader would not have been necessary,

28:43especially in this moment of grief, but for the purpose of clarity and the benefit of well-meaning

28:48Nigerians it is expedient to state unequivocally that at no point did troops provide any form of

28:54cover for the terrorists' elements who carried out the unfortunate attack that claimed the lives of

28:59innocent citizens. Rather, troops on receiving a distress call on the unfortunate incident swiftly

29:05mobilized to the scene, which was far away from where they were deployed and observed that the

29:10attackers had fled. Troops acted professionally to avert what could have spiraled to endless

29:16bloodshed and pursued the fleeing criminals as can be attested to, by so many survivors who were at

29:21the scene of the attack. Specifically, four gun trucks mounted by troops were dispatched to the incident

29:27scene and they acted professionally on arrival as confirmed by other security agencies,

29:32as well as eyewitnesses at the scene of the attack. Nonetheless, the allegation was promptly

29:38investigated and confirmed to be false. The comment by the youth leader is false, misleading and

29:45unfortunate, capable of demoralizing troops and causing disaffection between the military and its host

29:50community. The public is requested to discountenance the comment, remain calm, law-abiding and continue to

29:58support troops with credible and actionable information on terrorists activities. Troops in

30:04conjunction with other security agencies have adopted effective strategies to unravel and apprehend the

30:09perpetrators of the dastardly act. Troops will continue to deal decisively with criminals while

30:15maintaining peace in every part of plateau state. Nigeria presidency in a statement signed and made

30:22available by Bayo Onanuga. The special advisor to the president on information and strategy on

30:28Tuesday, President Bola Tanubu has strongly condemned the barbaric and cowardly attacks by gunmen in Angwin

30:34Rakuba district, Joss, Plateau state. He equally condemned the attacks in Kahir village in Kagako local

30:42government area of Kaduna state. Describing the attack on the community in Joss and the killing and

30:48abduction of wedding guests in Kaduna as an affront to all that Nigeria stands for, President Tanubu assured

30:54Nigerians that the barbaric acts will not go unpunished. Anyone who will sneak under the cover

31:00of the night and kill defenseless citizens as done in Joss and Kahir village, is a heartless coward. By

31:07attacking soft targets in Joss, their objective is not only to cause harm but also trigger a spiral of

31:13reprisal attacks and further bloodletting, he said. He has directed security agencies to

31:19intensify all efforts to pursue the perpetrators and those spreading misinformation that can inflame

31:24tensions and further endanger lives. He cautioned some sections of the media, insinuating the attacks

31:31were religiously motivated. President Tanubu reaffirmed that security agencies are actively addressing the

31:38situation and stressed that public cooperation is vital to maintaining peace and protecting lives and

31:43property. He stressed the need for communities to comply with evacuation, relocation, and related

31:50advice and processes. He hailed the safe return of two of the Kaduna victims. I urge our security

31:57agencies to be more proactive in preventing these attacks by acting on early warning intelligence.

32:03All the remaining abductees from Kahir village must be rescued immediately, the president said.

32:09I commend Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State for his efforts in containing the situation in Joss and

32:15Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State for supporting the rescue and containment efforts. I assure the people

32:22and government of the two states of my support. I commiserate with the families of those killed and pray for

32:28the quick recovery of the injured. Our government is currently acquiring more sophisticated equipment

32:34to enable our security agencies to track and smash criminals, in real time, wherever they are.

32:41Meanwhile, Vanguard newspaper reported on Tuesday that the United States Congressman, Riley Moore,

32:48warned yesterday that continued attacks on Christians in Nigeria could strain diplomatic

32:53relations with the U.S., following reports of a deadly Palm Sunday killings in Joss,

32:59Plateau State, and Kaduna State. Recall that no fewer than 40 persons were killed by gunmen suspected to

33:06be terrorists on Sunday night at Angwarakuba community in Joss North local government area of

33:12Plateau State and Kahir village in Kagarko local government area of Kaduna State. While 27 were killed at

33:19Recuba community in Plateau, 13 wedding guests were mowed down by the attackers in Kaduna. The police in

33:26Plateau, however, said only 14 persons were killed in the attack that marred Palm Sunday in the community.

33:34Reacting to the killings in a post on X yesterday, Moore condemned the reported killing of Christians in

33:39Angu and Recuba, describing the incident as part of a troubling pattern of violence targeting

33:45worshippers during religious observances. The congressman, who was part of a United States fact-finding

33:52delegation on alleged Christian genocide in Nigeria, added that such attacks had become frequent during

33:58Christian holy days, urging Nigerian authorities to take decisive action to prevent further bloodshed.

34:05This Palm Sunday, reports from Nigeria indicate that at least 10 Christians were martyred in the city of Joss.

34:12Radical Islamic terrorists opened fire on the Christians before hacking them to pieces with

34:17machetes. This is sickening and unacceptable, but it's not surprising. This tragedy follows a pattern of

34:24radical Islamic terrorists massacring Christians on holy days. In fact, terrorists have attacked

34:31Christians in Nigeria on every single holy day in recent memory, except for last Christmas when

34:37President Trump sent 12 Tomahawk cruise missiles to stop them, he added. Moore called on the federal

34:44government, led by President Bola Tanubu, to urgently strengthen security measures ahead of upcoming

34:50religious events. Abuja knows this pattern and they must massively ramp up security for the Triduum and

34:56Easter. If they don't take this threat seriously and mobilize to defend our brothers and sisters in

35:02Christ, blood of these martyrs will be on their hands, and there will be significant consequences

35:08for Nigeria's relationship with the United States, he warned. Meanwhile, the attackers of the plateau

35:14community, said to be in large numbers, stormed the densely populated community at about 7.30 pm on Palm

35:22Sunday and opened a sporadic fire on residents, throwing the area into panic. Punch newspaper also reported

35:29that, at least 13 persons have been killed, and several others abducted after suspected bandits

35:35attacked a wedding ceremony in Kahir village, Kagako local government area of Kaduna state. The incident,

35:42which occurred late Sunday night at about 11.47 pm, has triggered fresh fears over rising insecurity in

35:49rural communities across the state. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen, who arrived in large numbers and were armed

35:56with sophisticated weapons, stormed the wedding venue and opened fire indiscriminately on guests.

36:02A resident of the area, Shehu Bala, said the incident plunged the community into chaos, as guests

36:09camped for safety. They came in large numbers and started shooting sporadically. People were running

36:15in different directions. Many were hit by bullets, Bala said. He added that several victims sustained

36:22gunshot injuries and were rushed to the general hospital in Kagako, while those in critical

36:27condition were referred to facilities in Kaduna for advanced medical attention. Bala further noted that

36:33the exact number of abducted persons could not be immediately ascertained due to the confusion that

36:39trailed the attack. A community leader, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the assailants operated

36:45for nearly one hour without any resistance from security forces.

36:49They attacked the wedding and later moved around the village, looting shops and carting away food

36:55items, provisions and even medical supplies, the source said. According to him, many residents fled

37:02into nearby bushes as the sound of gunshots echoed throughout the community. It was gathered that the

37:08victims have since been buried, while efforts to establish contact with the abductors have not yielded

37:14results. He gave the names of some of those killed as Baker Danjuma, Williams Luka, Peter Williams,

37:21Joseph Yakubu, Victor Peter, John Danasabe, Angulu Marcus, Maikano Araby, Douglas John,

37:30Adu Yakubu, Zafania Alhaji, Joseph Kader and Francis Vanguadoya.

37:36In Kabul, they just murdered over 10 people. Innocent Christians. On Palm Sunday.

37:45Tanubu, where are you? As your people are slaughtered in the night. As you sit in Aso Rock and you

37:52do

37:52absolutely nothing. You allow your people to be killed again and again and again and again. When will it

37:59stop? When will you hear the cries of Nigerians, of Christians? You can no longer deny genocide.

38:06They're being slaughtered. And you say there's no issue. You will regret what you are doing.

38:17I'm the youth leader of the Northern Plateau, under the Plateau Youth Council.

38:22I coordinate the Northern Zone from Angorukuba direct. I was trained in Angorukuba, grew up in Angorukuba.

38:30Unfortunate incidents happened yesterday around 7.30. Gunmen just came, started shooting on people.

38:40Some are using matchets. And the unfortunate aspect of it is that most of them are wearing

38:47half-cummed. There's army clothes. And a veil. This house has a veil on their neck. And they were

38:53speaking Hausa in this flani language. Going down spraying bullets on people. And other people are using

39:01matchets. When they are going down in less than 10 minutes, they will now see army car. Like two hillocks

39:08just came. Two bikers. Three, three in one. And give them cover. I was there. I think

39:16one of the army nearly shot me on the leg. He missed and sprayed on the ground. The army,

39:23Nigerian army. The army, the Nigerian army. Sorry, please. I will have to take you back a little. Yes.

39:28You said, you witnessed that when they came down, some of them were shooting. Some of them were using

39:34machete on people. Yes. Army came with your van. Yes. And gave them cover. What do you mean by giving

39:42them cover? Yes. Army hillocks. Two hillocks came. Nigerian army. Nigerian army. When you came out

39:50in mass in order to follow the attackers. On realizing that the attackers. Because three,

39:59two weeks back, NDLE came in, started shooting and arrest some people because of drug issue.

40:05And then when this one started, the boys thought that it was the same operation. Unknowingly,

40:12when we came close, we now realized that the setting of these people, they are not NDLE.

40:18They will now gather the youth, trying to go and move and follow these people. In less than 10 minutes,

40:29I meet car. He lost two, came and blocked the youth. And started spraying bullets off. I think we packed

40:37so many things. We have facts on ground. My name is Tyer Johnson. I was coming from Kogi State,

40:45from Kaba. That is my residence, a place, a family place. So I went and visited them. I will stay

40:53in Angombe. On my way coming, I bought a vehicle from Abuja, from Abuja to Bauchi. When we reached Bauchi

41:04junction there,

41:05we continued. Just a kilometer. Just a kilometer from forward. Then some people came to attack us.

41:16They said, where is the Christian inside the vehicle? I said, those people were looking to fall back.

41:24They looked at me. They looked at me that are Christian. This man, from glass, took a knife in the

41:36hands.

41:37Then, I now rushed. They now pulled me out of the vehicle. Because I sat back on the driver. They

41:45pulled me out.

41:47They were talking to the cars. They were testing, they were testing, cutlers, they were wearing their machets, different things

41:52in the house. They were

41:53watching. They dragged me. Carried stone. Big stone. It hit me. I re-out up. They released it.

42:03They hated me everywhere. They thought that I am dead. And they left me. They left. Small times, I woke

42:12up,

42:12but I see them, they are disappear.

42:15I now started running, started running.

42:18They see that I started running,

42:19they followed me again second time.

42:21They fought, they talked to me,

42:24and I died second time.

42:26They left, so I slept there for more than one hour.

42:31Later on, I now rescue,

42:34I rescue operation police,

42:36other police, and now they came to rescue me,

42:39where I slept.

42:43If you can gather anything,

42:45I know if I say this time,

42:47they will say, I am encouraging violence.

42:49But to protect yourself,

42:51violence is the only way.

42:55I am telling you,

42:57if you can get knives,

42:59if you can get hunters gone,

43:01if you can get anything to protect your land,

43:04protect your land,

43:06don't listen to the government,

43:08that they will come and help you, they will not.

43:10anybody you see that is not from here,

43:14anybody that looks suspicious,

43:15before they get you down, get them down.

43:21Listen to me.

43:25If you keep quiet and wait for the government,

43:29just not be the first time it happened,

43:32not be the second time,

43:33not be the third time,

43:34not be the fourth time,

43:36not be the fifth, not be the sixth.

43:37We don't lose count.

43:39We don't lose count.

43:39Not be today starts.

43:40It don't pass 15 years.

43:42When do they keep people for justice?

43:44Even before it starts to get sense,

43:46they don't keep people for justice.

43:47Yes.

43:48The question we ask the government is,

43:50when does this stop?

43:51If you have no right to breathe,

43:53what right do you have?

43:55No!

43:56No!

43:57No!

43:58No!

43:59No!

44:00No!

44:01No!

44:02No!

44:03I'm not taking vans of Tinuivu

44:04and everybody is worrying about APC,

44:06NOP,

44:07no соответs...

44:08no, no, no, no...

44:09No!

44:11At what point will the people care about life?

44:14Islam says that I should be arrested by DSS.

44:17They say how can this person come here and speak?

44:20Yes, yes!

44:21How can this person be allowed into Nigeria?

44:23Can I tell you the only reason I'm here

44:25is because you guys are being killed.

44:27Yes!

44:27And right now the Nigerian Christians do not have a voice.

44:30Yes!

44:30You are being silenced,

44:32and you are expected to comply with injustice but the lord does not only reserve justice for heaven

44:39justice is not only reserved for when jesus comes back yes justice has called christians

44:45to establish justice on this earth here and now not in five years not in 20 years

44:58and how long will we tolerate this my heart is with you that's why i'm here

45:06yes if there is no killing if there is no injustice i wouldn't be speaking now

45:10it pains me and it's shameful that i even have to speak

45:15and they want me to be silent they want me to not talk about what is happening

45:20i would rather die than be silent yes

45:30it's disgusting and when i was there last night there were roughly 11 or 12 bodies

45:34and by the time we come here today it's almost triple it was 30 people that were killed

45:38and it's pure evil and nobody's coming to defend them nobody's speaking out about how

45:45absolute evil was done by terrorists they only care about if someone's speaking the truth

45:49someone's posting pictures someone's there and it's just i don't i don't know how this can

45:53continue to be tolerated i can't even breathe in that room because of bodies corpses that are just

46:01we just came from where these people were killed we literally had to walk on their ground

46:06they're showing us the sights exactly and um people are telling us what was happening

46:11you said something that was profound the distance from the police station to the places people were killed

46:16you said 20 meters i mean from here to there so how can the attack happen for an hour and

46:2330 minutes

46:24however long they're killing killing shooting shooting killing people machete

46:27but then the police are nowhere to be found

46:28and they're all there today now in their uniforms

46:31yeah they have their tank they're all dressed they're all equipped they're ready to go

46:35after the killing happens i'm sending a message to trump

46:42please at least just give us fractional american army with their drones to come to black

46:54if not though many of us will continue to be losing lives

47:00with alex babel that is here he saw everything that was happening and the world will know

47:09and we just

47:10give us a minute

47:12first

47:13again

47:13e

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