The remains of traders attacked and killed while travelling from Jos to Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State have been recovered and buried in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area.
Relatives of the victims, who were known to travel weekly to Pankshin for shoe trading, said the burial took place on Monday evening at the Sabon Anguwa cemetery in Barkin Ladi town.
Channels Television learnt from government sources that the decision to bury the victims outside their home communities was taken to avert tension that had begun to build following reports of the killings.
The victims were residents of the Yandoya community in Jos North Local Government Area.
They were killed following the attack on two communities, where 10 people were killed in the Dorowa Babuje and Jol communities of Barkin Ladi and Riyom local governments of the state.
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A community leader, Danjuma Ibrahim, told Channels Television that youths had gathered after news of the attack broke, demanding the release of the bodies of their relatives, a situation that prompted security agencies to deploy personnel to restore calm.
Ibrahim, leader of the Muslim community in Barkin Ladi, said the bodies were brought into the area earlier on Monday.
“We were contacted in the afternoon that the corpses of the traders would be brought to Barkin Ladi for burial. They were later received, and the funeral rites were performed here to douse tension in Jos,” he said.
He disclosed that six traders were involved in the attack, but two managed to escape, while four were killed and buried.
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