The Ngas Youth Movement (NYM) Global has condemned what it calls an “unacceptable” attack on the convoy of His Royal Highness Nde Jika Golit, the Ngolong Ngas, by suspected youths in the Sabon Garri community of Mangu Local Government Area.
The group warned that if perpetrators are not brought to justice, it will consider the incident “a deliberate declaration of war on the Ngas people.”
In a statement issued Saturday signed by National Publicity Secretary Shiktong Joshua Yanchi and Global President Prince Dr Gofor Gompwel, the NYM said the monarch’s convoy was attacked “on his return from an official function, by some youths of Sabon Garri community of Mangu Local Government Area on 1st May 2026.”
According to the group, the attack occurred despite the monarch’s vehicle being clearly marked with “all security and royal credentials.” The assailants allegedly continued the assault even after identifying the convoy as belonging to the traditional ruler.
“To make matters worse, upon realizing that the convoy belongs to His Majesty, the Ngolong Ngas, the attackers chanted; ‘this is the type of people we are after’ and went ahead to vandalize the vehicle of our most revered Royal father,” the statement added.
The NYM linked the incident to a broader pattern of hostility against the Ngas people in the area, citing previous attacks and false accusations on social media.
“This is one incident too many and we can no longer tolerate this barbarity,” the group said.
Describing the attack as an affront to the entire ethnic group, the NYM declared: “An attack on the convoy of His Majesty, who was peacefully returning from an official function, is a direct attack on the entire Ngas Nation; its people and every fabric that made up the land and its heritage!”
The group called on the Chairman of Mangu Local Government Area and security agencies to “as a matter of urgency, arrest and publicly prosecute the perpetrators of this dastard act,” and also demanded “a written apology to our royal father, and the Ngas Nation.”
While reaffirming that the Ngas people are peace-loving, the group stressed that they “reserve the sole right of response to any form of unprovoked provocation from any individual or group.”
“If the perpetrators of this despicable act are not brought to book, we will consider it as a deliberate declaration of war on the Ngas people,” the statement warned.