Some communities in Ryiom and Barkin ladi government areas of Plateau State have cried out to security agencies for help over alleged plans by Fulani militants to launch fresh attacks on them. One of the communities, Shonong, in a petition sent to the state commissioner of police, said that several of its men were killed while working on their farms last month.A petition signed by Shonong youth leader, Yohanna Ciroma described the situation in the area as ‘silent terrorism’, saying “our communities has been under siege by armed Fulani men.”
The concern villagers said they had discovered a trainiing camp of some unknown gunmen behind a rocky hill in Rim, near Riyom.
