Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has expressed shock and sorrow over the tragic mob action which claimed the lives of 12 people in Mangun District of Mangu local government area late Friday.
A Government House statement said preliminary reports confirm that the victims, who were traveling from Zaria in Kaduna State to Quan’pan in Plateau State for a wedding, lost their way and inadvertently ran into a tense and volatile situation in Mangun, a community grappling with sustained terrorist attacks.
Governor Mutfwang, who visited the survivors in the hospital, and the scene of the incident, expressed profound grief and described the mob action as totally condemnable and avoidable.
He noted with sadness that the Mangun District and adjoining districts of Chakfem in Mangu LGA and Mushere in Bokkos LGA had for over a month, suffered coordinated terrorist assaults resulting in daily casualties and mass displacements, plunging communities into mourning and distress.
However, he emphasised that the prolonged attacks do not justify such a senseless act against innocent commuters.
