Langtang killings: DCO missing, death toll now 70 •7,000 displaced

THE death toll in the invasion by Fulani herdsmen in three villages in Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau State has risen to 70 while the Divisional Crime Officer attached to the area has been declared missing.
A group of Fulani herdsmen last week stormed three villages in Langtang South Local Government Area of the state, burnt down the villages and killed innocent people before they  bolted away.
Nigerian Tribune learnt that no fewer than 70 of those killed by the marauders had been recovered and 7,000 displaced now staying at different public schools in the area  with the chunk of them at LGEA Pilot Central Primary School, Mabudi in the local government area.
A source close to the police told Nigerian Tribune that the Divisional Crime Officer attached to Langtang South Local Government Police Division, out on assignment when the nomads struck had not been seen since the incident.
Addressing the displaced people at LGEA Pilot Central Primary School at Mabudi, a member of House of Representatives, representing Langtang North and Langtang South federal constituency of Plateau State, Hon. Beni Lar said apart from over seventy people that were killed, many are still missing.
Hon. Lar who described the attack as barbaric said the nomads who invaded the three villages launched the attack with the intention of wiping them out entirely adding that they were able to carry out the attack because of the vulnerability of the villagers.
“From what I gathered, the Divisional Crime Officer is still missing, 7, 000 people displaced while almost seventy people lost their lives. The intention of the attackers was to wipe out the entire inhabitants of the villages for just no reason,” she said.
Hon. Lar implored the Federal Government to complete  the federal roads in the area to further open up the locality, adding that security men were unable to access the villages because of the bad roads and the terrains which made it difficult for the security to come to the aid of the people in time.
She, however, promised to sponsor a bill to address incessant clashes, especially frequent invasion of nomads to wreck havoc in the area and called on the government to set up a panel to look in the recent crisis.
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