In Nigeria, the death toll from the recent attacks in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State has risen to 52, according to local authorities.

This followed the recovery of 40 more bodies on Wednesday and Thursday night while the search and rescue team kept combing the bushes for missing persons.

The Chairman of Bokkos Cultural Development Council (BCDC) Vanguard, Farmasum Fuddang, told Channels Television that 31 persons were given a mass burial on Thursday with another five underaged victims burnt to ashes in Hurti village.

11 others were killed in Ruwi village, four in Manguna village with one person killed in Daffo village.

According to the Cultural Group Vanguard, residents are awaiting an outcome from the ongoing search and rescue of missing persons in the Hurti and Mbar villages respectively.