CDHR Decries Multiple Attacks In Plateau Communities

<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><strong>CDHR Decries Multiple Attacks In Plateau Communities<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that it was a black Christmas celebration for the people of Bokkos Local Government Area of <strong>Plateau<&sol;strong> as they woke up to experience multiple attacks from armed bandits&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The attacks resulted in the death of over 100 persons&comma; scores of people missing and 221 houses razed down&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The ugly incident occurred at early hours on Monday 25th December across many communities in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi Local Governments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to a source&comma; the armed bandits razed down the villages completely making the villages completely deserted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The incidence was confirmed the <strong>Plateau<&sol;strong> State Police Command and has since commenced investigation to unraveld the scenario surrounding the incident&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>CDHR&comma; however&comma; condemned in totality the avoidable attacks and the loss of innocent Nigerians&comma; the organisation decried that the incident was as a result of failure of intelligence and defence systems of the security apparatus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement jointly signed by Comrade Debo Adeniran&comma; National President and Comrade Idris Afees Olayinka&comma; National Publicity Secretary&comma; CDHR Nigeria said that people cannot afford to continue to lose their lives in droves due to government negligence and operational laxity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">CDHR employs the governments at all levels to recruit and equip trusted locals for intelligence gathering&comma; increased police presence and provide local vigilantes with defence equipment and requisite training to enable the first responders curtail the marauders before reinforcements arrive from other security force&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The organization charges the federal government to investigate the incident&comma; unraveld the scenario surrounding the ugly event and brought the perpetrators to book&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;