At least 49 people are here attack In Zike and Kimakpa in Kwall district, Barcelona local government area, Plateau state.
According to the Daily Trust Report, the attacks in the village under Chief Elgway also left many injured people hospitalized at the Bingham University Teaching Hospital in Joss University Teaching Hospital, etc.
The latest attack happened a few days later, isolated killings were recorded in the Barcelona LGA community, dozens of which are K!
Samuel Jugo, spokesman for the Irigwe Development Association (IDA), who confirmed the Sunday night incident, recounted the attacks at around 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, 2025.
“According to witnesses, sporadic gunshots were heard from multiple locations, and by Monday morning, 49 bodies had been recovered. This has not been confirmed,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Plateau State government used strongly to condemn the gunmen’s attack in the Barcelona community, calling it unreasonable.
“There are too many attacks, and these series of attacks pose an existential threat to the lives and livelihoods of the peace-loving people in the country,” said Hon Joyce Ramnap, a commissioner of information and communications, who spoke to the daily trust on the phone.
She added: “It is regrettable that less than two weeks after our people were held in the Bocos local government, this sad incident reappeared in another community of Barcelona’s local government.”
She described the attack as another attempt to pierce peace that had gradually returned to the state, calling for peace as the government cooperated with security agencies to arrest the situation.
