Atiku Fires Tinubu as Death Toll Rises To 52 In Fresh Plateau Killings

• Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and presidential hopeful, Atiku Abubakar, has tackled President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the alleged failure of his security architecture
• Atiku said Tinubu’s 'failed security architecture' has become a nationwide endemic phenomenon
• The opposition leader made the remark in response to the recent killings in communities of Bokkos local government area (LGA) of Plateau state

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FCT, Abuja - Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 and 2023 elections, has once again tackled President Bola Tinubu.

In a post on his verified X (formerly known as Twitter) account on Friday, April 4, Atiku bemoaned the recent killings in Bokkos local government area (LGA) of Plateau state.

Atiku said in the statement:

"The failure of Bola Tinubu’s security architecture has now become an endemic nationwide phenomenon with repeated killings, more of which do not even make the headlines.

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"Nigerians are now being forced to get used to such news of wanton killings, and I again offer my condolences to the bereaved communities of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State and the affected families.

"I wish to restate my counsel to the Tinubu-led FG to reconfigure its security architecture to meet the needs of protecting the lives and properties of our people."

Atiku's tweet can be read below:

Legit.ng reports that the death toll in coordinated gunmen attacks on some communities in Bokkos LGA of Plateau state has risen to 52.

This followed the recovery of an additional 40 corpses of victims that were killed by the rampaging gunmen on Wednesday, April 2, and Thursday, April 3, night while the search and rescue team kept combing the bushes for missing persons.

Legit.ng learnt that the assailants attacked Mangor Tamiso, Daffo, Manguna (Tagai), Hurti, and Tadai communities of Bokkos LGA on the night of April 2, 2025, opening fire on innocent citizens.

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Chairman of Bokkos Cultural Development Council (BCDC) Vanguard, Farmasum Fuddang, confirmed the incident on Friday, April 4. According to him, 31 persons were given a mass burial on Thursday, April 3, with other 5 underage victims being burnt to ashes in Hurti village, 11 others were killed in Ruwi village, 4 persons were killed in Manguna with one person killed in Dafo Village.

19 wedding guests die in Plateau

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a devastating accident occurred in Kwana Maciji area of the Pankshin local government area, claiming the lives of 19 people and injuring 11 others who were returning from a wedding ceremony in Barkin Ladi local government area.

The chairman of the Pankshin local government area emergency management committee, John Dasar, confirmed that the victims, who had travelled from Kano state for the wedding, were on their way home when the accident happened.

According to the chairman, who the press quoted, the travellers were being helped out of the vehicle when it caught fire, tragically burning 19 people who were yet to be evacuated.

Source: Legit.ng