Plateau Crisis: “We’ve Not Been Able to Lay Hands on Attackers” – Gov Mutfwang Speaks

• Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang has said the attackers behind the Angwan community killings are yet to be identified.
• He confirmed the situation is now under control, while condemning the incident as barbaric.

The Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, has said the identity of those responsible for the recent attack in the Angwan community remains unknown.

Mutfwang made this known while speaking to journalists after a meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday, April 1.

According to the governor, he briefed the president on the incident and the steps taken so far by the state government to restore calm.

“What happened on Sunday evening was quite unfortunate, but the situation has been brought under control now. We’ve been able to evacuate corpses to the mortuary. Some families have already buried their de@d ones.

We imposed a curfew, which we relaxed this morning (Wednesday) from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. But unfortunately, this morning (Wednesday), there were some looters who tried to disrupt the peace again, but I’m glad that the security forces working together were able to calm the situation as at 12 this afternoon, and so presently the situation is well under control.”

The governor noted that the cause of the attack is still unclear, stating that such incidents are often complex and cannot be attributed to a single factor.

“Well, in a crisis of this nature, you can’t reduce it to one reason. It’s a mixture of multiple reasons, and sometimes you can only deduce the actual reasons when you are able to get two groups of people. First, the victims, and then the attackers.

Unfortunately, we’ve not been able to lay hands on the attackers yet to know their identities and their motive, but of course, the victims would normally speak like you have said, but we are seeing this as an act of criminality. It’s barbaric. We condemn it.”