Another attack imminent in Plateau as terrorists notify community of fresh attack

There may be amother fresh attack in Plateau state with terrorists causing havoc in some communities in the state said to have threatened to launch fresh attacks on a community today, (Friday).

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Middle Belt Forum, Stanley Kavwam comfirmed the new threat while featuring on a television programme on Thursday.

According to him, the terrorists sent a letter of an imminent attack to the Pushit community in Mangu Local Government Area, where he hails from.

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“While I was driving down from Jos to this place, I received a call. A letter was sent to my own village by the terrorists that the attackers were going to invade on the 29th of this December.

“All the attacks that were orchestrated, there was a letter to that effect that was dropped by an anonymous person, intimating the residents of Mangu LGA that there would be attacks”, he said.

The letter is coming barely four days after blood-thirsty gunmen invaded 17 communities last Sunday, killed several persons and burnt down the entire communities.

Death toll from the gruesome attack on unsuspecting villagers in the three local government areas of the state has risen to 196.