Grief-Stricken Girl's Plea at Father's Burial After Plateau Attack

A deeply moving video has captured the heart-wrenching scene of a young girl identified as Kushim, weeping profusely during the funeral service for her father, who was tragically killed in a recent attack in Plateau State.

Gunmen reportedly stormed the Gari Ya Waye neighbourhood in Angwan Rukuba, Jos North, on Palm Sunday, causing the deaths of more than 30 individuals and leaving many others injured.

The video was shared online by a Facebook user, Nkechi Nnorom Abok, who noted the child's anguished cries for her father to return.

Abok wrote about the burial, stating, “And we buried our de@d today. A hard working man with a wife and children. He had so much strength in her.”

She further described the emotional moment: "For her, there was no other place to be than in that grave to see daddy. Two of us almost couldn't hold her back as she committed his body to the earth, with her shaking hands. #AngwangRukubaK!llings"

Abok lamented the victim's fate, adding, "He did nothing to anyone. Only that he was a Christian and minding his own businesses."

The post continued with the girl's desperate pleas: "I watched my little Kushim cry for the return of her father. "Daddy come back" she kept crying. Plateau State why? How did we get here? How inhumane have we become over what? Fruitless cause?"

A video of the incident and the girl's grief has been circulating, along with images from the burial site.