(VIDEO) Angry Plateau Women welcome VP Shettima
Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima has visited displaced victims of a Christmas Eve attack in the Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau state.
The plane carrying Shettima landed at the Yakubu Gowon Airport at 1pm.
The Vice President is on an assessment of communities that were attacked by marauders in the Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi LGAs. He was received at the airport by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; alongside the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa; Governor Caleb Mutfwang; former Governors Simon Lalong and Joshua Dariye.
The VP also visited displaced persons at the mini-stadium in the Bokkos LGA.
Women and children, the displaced persons talked about how they were attacked by gunmen who set their houses ablaze and killed over 100 of their loved ones in coordinated attacks on Christmas Eve. The attacks were recorded in communities in the Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi LGAs.
The victims were seen with placards.
