An attack by Bandits at a secondary school in the Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State has led to the killing of two teachers.
According to reports, the victims were a newly married couple who were teachers at the BECO Comprehensive Secondary School, which was attached by the bandits in the Kwi community of the area council.
According to Eyewitnesses, the incident happened on Monday afternoon when the school was holding a meeting to compile the results of students for delivery on Friday, August 18th, during their Speech and Prize Giving Day in line with the school’s calendar.
Confirming the incident, Moses Gwott, a youth leader in the community, said that the bandits also wounded other teachers, including the Vice Principal of the school.
Gwott said, “It was on Monday around 3:00 pm that the bandits came into the school Compound with their cattle and interrupted the Staff meeting. The staff had asked the bandits, who were obviously Fulani, to get their cows out of the school environment. But instead of complying, they brought out their arms and opened gunfire at the teachers, killing two teachers”.
Speaking also on the incident, the National Publicity Secretary of the Berom Youths Moulders Association, Rwang Tengwong, in a statement on Tuesday said “The Berom Youths Moulders Association-BYM is, again, saddened over the invasion of BECO Comprehensive School Kwi, where two staff, Mr. and Mrs. Rwang Danladi, were reportedly shot dead and one Mr. Dalyop Emmanuel Ibrahim, the Vice Principal of the School, was seriously injured by some known Fulani armed men alongside suspected Bandits elements at about 3:00pm on Monday, August 14th, 2023”.
He therefore called on the authorities to implement a ban on open grazing in the communities so as to forestall further occurrences.
At the time of filing this report, the Riyom Police command had yet to comment on the incident.
