A Jos, Plateau State-based pastor, Papa David Kwa, reportedly revealed that soldiers contacted to evacuate the corpses of church members killed by Fulani militias had to seek permission from the same group before entering the area to remove the bodies.
According to a video he shared on Facebook on Monday, Kwa said the militants had attacked the Dong community in Jos North Local Government Area, killing several people, including a woman and her child who had gone there on a condolence visit.
He was said to have explained that since members of the community could not enter the enclave to retrieve the corpses for burial, they had asked the military for assistance. Kwa reportedly added that when the soldiers arrived, they had to call the militants to seek permission to enter the area and were granted only ten minutes to carry out the evacuation.
The pastor was quoted as expressing surprise that the soldiers needed to contact the militants before moving in to recover the bodies of those who had been killed.
He also said, “In my presence, they called the Fulani people, and they responded that they gave the soldiers ten minutes to go in, and take the corpses.
"They gave the soldiers ten minutes only.
"We were at the burial ground waiting for the corpses to bury them.
“Even when they got to the place, the soldiers were telling our people to be fast as they had only ten minutes to evacuate the bodies."
Further speaking, he said that when the corpses were finally brought, the soldiers left immediately, leaving them unsure whether they had been abandoned to be killed by the attackers or not.
He added that, by the grace of God, they were able to conduct the burial and then return to their various homes.
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