ViewPointNigeria reports of palpable tension and anxiety in Langtang North/Langtang South local council areas of Plateau State on Thursday 15th August 2013, due to rumours of planned attacks by people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. This development has caused residents to leave their homes and relocate to safer havens.

Commenting on the happenings, Director of Stefanos Foundation, Mr. Mark Lipdo, averred that sources confirmed to him that approximately 3,000 insurgents were being camped around Pino area in Wase Local Council with the intention of attacking Taroh land.

Lipdo, in a text message to journalists yesterday, alleged that the insurgents were to be drafted to Kadarko in Wase and to the entire stretch of Taroh chiefdom spread over the six local council areas that make up Plateau South Senatorial Zone.

“The plan is to subdue this predominantly Christian area in their continuous Sharia campaign in northern Nigeria.”

Spokesman of the Special Task Force (STF), Captain Salisu Ibrahim Mustapha, said that although he had been informed of people fleeing the area, he believed the Sector Commander of the STF there would handle the situation appropriately.

When contacted, the Plateau State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr. Yiljap Abraham, said the government was processing the information to authenticate its veracity.

ViewPointNigeria reports of palpable tension and anxiety in Langtang North/Langtang South local council areas of Plateau State on Thursday 15th August 2013, due to rumours of planned attacks by people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. This development has caused residents to leave their homes and relocate to safer havens.

Commenting on the happenings, Director of Stefanos Foundation, Mr. Mark Lipdo, averred that sources confirmed to him that approximately 3,000 insurgents were being camped around Pino area in Wase Local Council with the intention of attacking Taroh land.

Lipdo, in a text message to journalists yesterday, alleged that the insurgents were to be drafted to Kadarko in Wase and to the entire stretch of Taroh chiefdom spread over the six local council areas that make up Plateau South Senatorial Zone.

“The plan is to subdue this predominantly Christian area in their continuous Sharia campaign in northern Nigeria.”

Spokesman of the Special Task Force (STF), Captain Salisu Ibrahim Mustapha, said that although he had been informed of people fleeing the area, he believed the Sector Commander of the STF there would handle the situation appropriately.

When contacted, the Plateau State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr. Yiljap Abraham, said the government was processing the information to authenticate its veracity.

count | 23

Anxiety in Langtang North and South over rumours of attack