The corpse of a missing Fulani leader, Umar Ibrahim, has been found in an abandoned well at Jokom community in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The deceased who was the Ciroma of Kumbun district in Mangu LGA, went missing on Wednesday, November 22, 2023.
Spokesperson of the Operation Safe Haven, a security task force, maintaining peace in the state, Captain Oya James, confirmed the incident on Monday.
Garba Abdullahi, the state chairman of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association (GAFDAN), said the deceased had gone missing when he left a hospital on Wednesday to buy food for his sick wife who was on admission to a hospital.
“He visited his wife at the sickbay in Mangu. Around 6pm on Wednesday, he went out to buy food for her but couldn’t return. After searching for four days, the body was found in an abandoned Well close to the hospital. The corpse was recovered together with soldiers attached to Operation Safe Haven who have been maintaining peace in the area,” Abdullahi said.
“We are calling on all our members to remain calm and never take laws into their hands. We should continue to be law-abiding. The security agencies are doing their best. We are calling on the security to do fish out the perpetrators of the dastardly act and bring them to book,” the chairman said.