Bandits suspected to be militia have reportedly given quit notices to some communities in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State, warning the residents to evacuate the villages or be wiped out.
The quit notice, according to a resident of one of the villagers, Salama Yakubu, who spoke to Ripples Nigeria on Wednesday, was served on residents of Sabon Zama, Gindin Dutse, Anguwan Tsohon Soldier, Anguwan Yuhana and Anguwan Mangu villages, giving them 24 hours to relocate from the communities.
“We got the quit notice on Tuesday where the Fulani bandits said we must leave our villages or they will kill all of us.
“We don’t know where we are going to run to and everyone knows that those people do not make empty threats. We are calling on the government and the security operatives to come to our aid.
“Last night, they went to Pinau village, surrounded the place and asked the residents to either leave or face an attack,” Yakubu lamented.
Wase local government area, the home of Ahmed Idris Wase, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, has seen several attacks by terrorists in the past few months.
Gunmen believed to be herders assaulted the Pinau community in the council in March of this year, killing Mustafa Ibrahim, the Garkuwan Yola, robbing hundreds of cows, setting fire to homes and fields, and looting food supplies.
A number of settlements in the councils of Kanam and Wase were also targeted by the terrorist in April, resulting in several fatalities, injuries, and kidnappings.
Major Ishaku Takwa, the state’s Operation Safe Haven spokesman, has, however, denied knowing about the event but has stated that the task force will look into it.
