Yet again, about 20 people
have been confirmed dead in
an overnight attack on Attakar
village of Ganawuri District of
Riyom Local Government
Council of Plateau State.
The latest mayhem is coming
barely two days after 35
persons were similarly killed in
Wase Local Government
Council area of the state
following a clash between the
native Taroh and Fulani
herdsmen.
Like in Wase, the clash in
Ganawuri was between the
natives and Fulani herdsmen.
Plateau State House of
Assembly Majority Leader,
Daniel Dem, representing
Riyom State Constituency, told
newsmen on phone from the
war-torn community that the
village was overrun in the
midnight by people suspected
to be Fulani militia from
outside the state.
He believes the Fulani militia
took advantage of the absence
of security men to attack and
burn houses in the village.
He commended the Divisional
Police Officer (DPO) of the
area for his spirited effort to
save some lives.
Meanwhile, Management
Committee Chairman of the
Riyom Local Government
Council, Sam Gyang Audu,
disclosed to newsmen in Jos
on Thursday that over 100 of
his Berom kinsmen have been
killed by suspected Fulani
herdsmen in the last one year
with properties worth millions
of naira destroyed.
Audu, who spoke at a press
conference said so far his
council had spent over N5
million to treat those injured
in attacks.
The council boss in company
of stakeholders from his area
said in view of alleged
complicity of soldiers of the
special military taskforce, the
Federal Government should
set a stage for gradual
withdrawal of the men from
the council area.
He said in place of the
soldiers, well-trained armed
policemen and anti- terrorist
squads should be deployed to
Riyom to provide security for
the people.
Audu also accused men of the
STF of inflicting injuries on
several women in his local
government council during an
unannounced search exercise
for arms in Rim village.
In a related development,
security measures have been
reinforced in the Bauchi
metropolis in the aftermath of
the bombing of a Lagos-bound
59-seater passenger bus in the
Kano Central Park on Monday
by suspected terrorists.
Investigations revealed that
security checks have
intensified at government
offices, commercial banks,
tertiary institutions and private
companies.
Also, security has been beefed
up at majority of the motor
parks in the state.
A visit to Yankari Motor Park
in the Bauchi metropolis
showed that passengers were
being scrutinised from the
gate of the park as all private
vehicles were refused entry.
Also, police checkpoints have
been mounted at strategic
locations in the metropolis,
especially entrance points into
the state from Jos, Kano,
Gombe and Maiduguri, as
motorists were subjected to
intensive checks.
When contacted, state Police
Public Relations Officer
(PPRO), Hassan Mohammed
Auyo, said the police and
other security agencies in the
state did not want to take any
chance, most especially with
what happened in Kano
recently.

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This Country is fast becoming too large for President Jonathan. If military coup will end this violence, lets hit it straight away.

na wa o. boko de do there own this ones too de do their own. God we dey ur hand o.

Those terrorist won't attack parks again.
They will devise another devious plan.
How security agents should be a step ahead and try to anticipate next moves.

not my plateau again

When things fall apart, centre holds no more.

Nigerian contents seem to have fallen apart with the centre no more defined.

Tribute to Professor Chinua Achebe!