The Berom Youths Moulder, BYM, has decried the renewed attacks by suspected Fulani militants in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State where over 10 people were killed in a recent incident.
In the past one week, communities in Faan district of the council have been the epicenter of attacks by the bandits with the people living under siege.
“The continued act of banditry and terrorism has been restrategized by the attackers, who laid ambush against natives of Fan District along Dorowa Babuje-Mangu road at about 3:00 pm of 8th October, 2025.
“As a result, two people have been confirmed killed, six critically injured while two others still missing.
“This underscores the new dimension of the bandits modus operandi and network deployed from venue of security meetings to execution points.
“According to information sourced out, the unsuspecting victims were returning from Security meeting held at Sector 4, Barkin Ladi LGA, unknown to them that the attackers had already been informed about their movement from the Sector base to the ambush-point laid on the main road
“While sadness of the tragic incident is still fresh in our minds as Berom Youths Moulder-Association, particularly the bereaved villages and communities of Fan and the entire Berom land, the Fulani militants are currently mobilizing and converging around the mountains of Ropp Barkin Ladi to launch attacks on villages of Fan.
“Amongst the villages earmarked include Nding Sesut, Nding Loh, Nafan, Rapyam, Nyarwei, Rayiri and Nding Bridge.
“The assailants have also penciled down Gassa and Heipang as their target for a surprising onslaught tonight.”
The statement added, “These, therefore, calls for the following as measures to stem the incessant killings, destructions and displacement as well as disruption perpetrated by the armed Fulani militants: Ban on open and forceful grazing;
Observance of all buffer-zones and grazing prohibited sites and areas; Recruitment of natives and/or residents as Civilian JTF as done in the North-East; Dislodging all terrorist enclaves in Plateau State; and other measures deemed necessarily expedient in the prevailing circumstances.”