Nigeria, July 21 -- Following last week's killing of 27 farmers in Plateau, the state government has called on the federal government to withdraw military personnel deployed in parts of the state and replace them with Mobile Police Squads.

The victims, including men and women, were killed by gunmen in Bindi-Jebbu of the Tahoss community in Riyom Local Government Area.

Reacting to the development through a statement by the special envoy to the governor on peace and security, Chris Kwaja, a professor, the government also asked the Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, a general, to set up a special board of inquiry to investigate the recurring attacks 'focusing on the actions and inactions of the military personnel' stationed in the a...