By Nurat Uthman
Bandits have launched an attack on a secondary school in the Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau state, resulting in the death of two teachers. The victims were a recently married couple who were employed at the BECO Comprehensive Secondary school in the Kwi community.
According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred on Monday afternoon during a school meeting to finalize student results for the upcoming “Speech and Prize Giving Day.”
The bandits, believed to be Fulani, entered the school compound with their cattle and disregarded requests to remove them. Instead, they opened fire on the teachers, killing two and injuring others, including the Vice Principal.
The Berom Youths Moulders Association has called for a ban on open grazing in the communities to prevent further attacks.
“We therefore call on government to ban open grazing in Plateau state since grazing has become a ploy to continue unleashing havoc on human lives and property.
“We also call on security operatives to, as a matter of urgency, raid the aforementioned settlement formed by way of forceful occupation after uprooting the aboriginals therefrom. This is necessary in order to get rid of both the terrorist and criminal elements that have firmly defied law and order.
“BYM calls on Government to declare Fulani Militias as terrorists so as to be treated as such.”
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Alfred Alabo ,could not be reached for comment on his phone line when contacted on the incident by journalists as calls out across to it indicated that it was switched off.
