Vice President Kashim Shettima has visited displaced victims of a Christmas Eve attacks in the Bokkos and and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas (LGA) of Plateau State, North-Central Nigeria.
Gatekeepers News reports that he plane conveying Shettima touched down at the Yakubu Gowon Airport at 1pm on Wednesday.
The Vice President 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.
Already, displaced persons have converged on the mini-stadium in the Bokkos LGA, awaiting the VP’s visit.
The displaced persons mostly women and children recounted 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 victims were seen with placards with inscriptions such as ‘Our Human Rights Must Be Protected’, amongst others.
