The Plateau Police Command is prosecuting twenty persons in connection with the killing of twelve people in a mob action at Mangun in Mangu Local Government Area of the state.
A four-count charge of criminal conspiracy, causing grievous bodily harm and culpable homicide, was filed against the suspects, which violated the Plateau State Penal Code Law of 2017, before Justice Boniface Ingyou of the Plateau State High Court.
The prosecution counsel, Samuel Idowu Ikutanwa, officer-in-charge of the legal department Plateau State police command, accused the defendants of allegedly conspiring to commit the offenses and armed themselves with dangerous weapons —including firearms, cutlasses, machetes, and petrol.
They were accused of launching an attack that left twenty-one individuals with varying degrees of injuries, stressing that they set an 18-seater vehicle ablaze, killing twelve persons in the process.
The accused persons all pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them.
After the plea, the prosecution requested an adjournment so that the case could be scheduled for a proper hearing.
Though the defense counsel, Garuba Pwul (SAN) did not oppose the motion for commencement of the case, he, however, made a bail application which could not be heard as the prosecution had just been served with the application during the proceedings.
Justice Boniface Ingyou thereafter adjourned the matter to October 13, 2025, for a case management hearing, while the suspects are to be remanded in the custody of Jos Custodial Centre. – By Yemi Kosoko
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