Nigeria, Feb. 24 -- Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, Mr. Chris Ishaku, spokesperson of the Plateau Vanguard for Democracy (PVD), declared that the latest wave of violence is a storm the state will weather without surrendering its soul. His remarks followed the gruesome killing of 10 residents in Ratatis community, Dorowa Babuje, in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area.

The victims were reportedly ambushed by armed assailants at about 7:27 p.m. on Sunday in a chilling evening raid that has once again plunged the embattled community into grief. Three others suffered severe injuries and were rushed to nearby hospitals, while the full circumstances surrounding the attack remain shrouded in uncertainty.

Ishaku described the assault as a deliberat...