The police have arrested 17 suspects In the Christmas Eve attacks in Bokkos, Barikin Ladi and Mangu local government areas of Plateau State scores of people were killed.
The police also said 10 corpses have been recovered from various locations after the attacks, while two
injured victims are still in hospital. A car and 10 houses were also burnt down by the killers in Mangu.
Parading the suspects at the headquarters of the state police command, the spokesperson of the police in the state, Alabo Alfred, who represented the Assistant Inspector-General of Police Zone 4, Ebony Eyibio, said nine of the
suspects were arrested in connection to the Mangu violence, while eight were arrested in connection to the Bokkos and Barikin Ladi attacks.
