27 victims who were killed in Tahoss community of Riyom local government area of Plateau state have been buried on Friday.
The victims were buried at a mass ceremony.
Our correspondent reports that the victims were attacked on 15 July around 4 am when they were sleeping. Many residents of the community were also injured.
The state government, through the Special Envoy on Peace and Security to Governor Caleb Mutfwang, Prof Chris Kwaja, blamed the security forces stationed in the area for failing to prevent it.
Prof Kwaja, last Friday, called on the federal government to consider withdrawing soldiers from all flashpoints in the state and replacing them with mobile policemen.
On Friday morning, the corpses of the victims were taken from morgue to their village, where they were buried.
Speaking during the burial, the chairman of Riyom LGA, Bature Sati Shuwa, lamented the spate of attacks on rural communities in the area.
He said, “My people of Bindi-Jebu and the greater Riyom community, we are gathered here today in unspeakable grieve, hearts heavy with sorrow, to mourn our brothers and sisters; twenty-seven precious lives, cut down in a cruel and senseless act of violence in the early hours of July 15th, 2025.
“As your Chairman, I stand with you not only in leadership but in deep mourning. I cannot begin to imagine the pain, the silence in your homes, or the weight of these empty spaces left behind. To the immediate bereaved families: no words can truly comfort you, but please know that your pain is ours; your loss, a wound in the heart of all of Riyom people.”
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