The House of Representatives has called on the Chief of Army Staff to establish a military base in Bokkos Local Government Areas and other volatile areas of Plateau State.
The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion on the urgent need to condemn and investigate the gruesome Christmas eve killings in parts of Plateau state.
Moving the motion at the plenary on Saturday, Hon. Ahmed Wase recalled that on the 24th December at 10pm, 12 villages in Bokkos LGA were attacked.
The villages were: Ndun, Ngyong, Murfet, Makundary, Tamiso, Chiang, Tahore, Gawarba, Dares, Meyenga, Darwat and Butura Kampani village.
Wase further recalled that similarly on 24th December, 2023 at about 22:45hrs, three villages in Barkin-Ladi LGA namely; NTV, Hurum and Darawat were also attacked.
He noted that findings from the assessment of the ugly incidents in Bokkos LGA revealed that the total number of villages attacked was 12, 221 houses were set ablaze, 27 motorcycles were burnt, eight motor-vehicles were burnt down and over 79 persons were killed, while 17 deaths was recorded in Barkin-ladi LGA.
He noted that the death toll from the various attacks at Bokkos, Barkin Ladi and Mangu LGAs of Plateau State has surpassed over 200 as at 29th December 2023 with many others seriously injured according to several news sources.
Wase lamented that till this moment, security agencies are yet to identify the perpetrators of these heinous attacks that have claimed hundreds of lives of innocent citizens and destroyed properties worth millions.
He expressed worry that, if these dastardly attacks are left unchecked, they would escalate with time and worsen the already volatile security situation on the Plateau;
Wase stressed that further escalation in these killings might lead to a conflagration in the whole of the North Central zone which might spill unto other Geopolitical Zones in the country.