Plateau Massacre: Youths Dump Over 20 Corpses At State’s Government House

Following an attack on Yelwan Zangam village in the state’s Jos North Local Government Area, more than 20 bodies were dumped at the main entrance of Plateau State Government House in Little Rayfield on Wednesday.

Hundreds of enraged teenagers staged a protest after a night attack on Yelwan Zangam, an Anaguta-populated community on the outskirts of Jos, the state capital, on Tuesday.

The motives for the night attack, which community leaders allege killed 37 lives, have a variety of explanations.

Families of some of the victims claimed that the attack was carried out by herders, however Fulani officials in Plateau State refuted this assertion.

Some speculated that the incident was linked to a land dispute between members of Yelwan Zangam and Yelwan Mista Bow, a neighboring hamlet.

While Plateau State police have acknowledged the incident, they have yet to reveal the exact number of individuals slain or the identity of the perpetrator.

Angry teenagers and women, on the other hand, sobbed and cried out for justice as security officials barred them from entering Plateau’s seat of government on Wednesday.

According to the Daily Trust, residents of Yelwan Zangam transported the victims’ bodies to Plateau Hospital on Wednesday to be deposited in the mortuary.

Angry youths, on the other hand, stormed the hospital, loaded the bodies into pickup trucks, and drove them less than a kilometer to the State House of Assembly.

Following that, the teenagers moved some of the bodies to Little Rayfield, where they were lined up in front of the government building. Men, women, and children are among the victims.