Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has sent a powerful delegation to the Fulani community in Ikare and Ikarimu over the killing of some travellers in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State on Saturday.
The delegation was led by the State Deputy Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa.
Other members of the delegation include Amotekun commander in Ondo, Adetunji Adeleye, SSA to Governor on security matters, Alhaji Jimoh Dojumo and SSA to Governor on youths and students affairs, Muyiwa Ogunyemi.
The victims who were mostly Fulani from Ondo State had attended a pre-Maulud Nabbiyi event in Bauchi and were travelling in a convoy of five 18-seater coaster buses, when they were attacked.
They are currently meeting with the Fulani leaders and relatives of the victims at Ikaramu town hall.
The death toll has reached 28, 11 are in critical conditions, while 33 have been discharged.
Police authorities have described the perpetrators as “suspected Irigwe militia.”
Earlier, Governor Akeredolu in a statement through his spokesperson said the attack was “a case of mistaken identity”.
The victims, according to preliminary reports, took a route where crisis between Muslims and Northern Christians had ensued for some time, and that they may have been mistaken for aggressors.
