{"id":173177,"date":"2025-08-09T12:10:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T11:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/group-warns-of-imminent-terrorist-takeover-in-plateau"},"modified":"2025-08-09T13:29:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T12:29:31","slug":"group-warns-of-imminent-terrorist-takeover-in-plateau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/group-warns-of-imminent-terrorist-takeover-in-plateau","title":{"rendered":"Group Warns of Imminent Terrorist Takeover in Plateau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Bokkos Cultural Development Forum (BCDF Vanguard) has raised an alarm over fears of an imminent takeover of the entire Plateau State by terrorists and Fulani militia gangs.<\/p>\n<p>The BCDA Vanguard, which made its fears known in a statement at the end of an extra-ordinary meeting in Jos on Friday, said the alarming wave of sustained attacks and invasions of communities in the particularly in Bokkos, Mangu, Riyom and Bassa in the past four months, shows that the terrorists have an agenda to take over the state as the attacked areas are known food baskets in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The BCDA Vanguard noted with grave concern that with the way the terrorists freely roam the conquered communities, shooting anyone in sight, including security personnel, it was just a matter of time before they overrun the entire state if the government and security agencies fail to be proactive in checkmating their dangerous actions.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the statement signed by the Chairman and the Secretary of the group, Barr. Farmasum Fuddang and Amb. Duwam Bosco respectively, reads:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been four months since over 50 of our members were brutally slaughtered by terrorists in the Hurti village of the Manguna district in a single day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince that April attack, more than 100 lives have been lost in ongoing assaults in Bokkos, with millions of dollars in properties, including crops, destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite this, the world continues to overlook the imminent threat of annihilation faced by the remaining residents of Bokkos, whose presence at the border between Plateau State and Nasarawa State is the only barrier preventing terrorists from the northwest and northeast from overrunning Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last four days alone, at least two people have been killed and over 15 injured, some critically, in violent attacks targeting the Mushere district. Affected villages include Dimar, Hokk, Margif, Kopmur, Nina, Ikgngwaghap, and Fokholdep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of today, more than ten villages have been completely deserted, with terrorists looting and demolishing remaining homes and food storage facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAcross the district, crops including corn, potatoes, and sugar cane nearing harvest have been destroyed across thousands of acres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith terrorists now freely roaming and shooting anyone in sight, including security personnel, we fear they are preparing to occupy these areas in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe strategy apparently is to keep pounding the surviving communities until they are completely annihilated or they get tired and flee, enabling them to take over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe consequences of this would enable terrorists to move freely from the northwest and northeast, where military operations have recently intensified, to capture territory and establish safer camps throughout Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will then utilize various roads and bush paths in Bokkos and neighboring Mangu, Barkin Ladi, and Riyom local government areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlready, several communities have been seized and turned into no-go zones for Christian natives across this region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne major town along the road to Bokkos \u2014 Lukfai, was displaced similarly as recently as 2015, and abandoned homes belonging to members of the Berom, Mwagavul, and Ron ethnic groups are now occupied without modification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment authorities have witnessed this land grab and ethnic displacement in Plateau State and seem to ignore it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently, civilian guards risking their lives to prevent these incursions are being overwhelmed by both terrorists and military forces, which means soon there will be no one left to challenge these aggressions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on Gov Caleb Mutfwang to utilize his position and the newly constituted committee on land use to halt this criminality and rights violations before the entire state is engulfed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also demand the establishment of a joint civilian task force, similar to those in the northwest and northeast, to promote collaboration and effective community policing alongside the military.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Bokkos Cultural Development Forum (BCDF Vanguard) has raised an alarm over fears of an imminent takeover of the entire Plateau State by terrorists and Fulani militia gangs. 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