Reports reaching us indicates that the Dura community of Du District was on
Wednesday cordoned off by soldiers following the recovery of some
vehicles at the mining pond in the Dura-Du area of Jos South Local of
Area of Plateau State.
After early reports of a recovery which was achieved by the team of
Nigerian Army on a search-and-rescue operation for the corpse of Maj.
Gen. Idris Alkali (retd).
The media officer of Stefanos
Foundation, a civil rights organisation, Rachel Noah, in a statement on
Wednesday, also alleged that the military did embark on mass arrests in
the area.
The late Alkali reportedly retired a few
weeks before he was declared missing on Monday, September 3 2018, a day
after gunmen swooped on Dura-Du and killed 13 persons.
Meanwhile, at least 13 persons have been
feared killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen during a midnight attack in
Jol village of Riyom Local Government of Plateau State.
The Management Committee Chairman of
Riyom LGA, Emmanuel Danboyi Jugu, told journalists that the attack
occurred on Tuesday night, adding that the victims had been given a mass
burial.
“Ten persons, including women and
children, have been given a mass burial; three other bodies have just
been discovered,” he stated.
The Plateau State Police Public
Relations Officer, Mathias Tyopev, said he had yet to get the details of
the attack from the Divisional Police Officer of the LGA.
The media officer of Stefanos
Foundation, Noah said, “Information from Dura community of Du, in Jos
South LGA, said soldiers had found another car with Bauchi State
registration no, AG 645 TRR, making it the third car found in the pond
where the car of the missing general was found.
“As a result, the soldiers blocked people around Buken Academy in Doi, telling people to switch off their phones.”