President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday promised to put more pressure on security chiefs to stop the spate of killings in the land.

Speaking at an interactive session with stakeholders in Jos, the Plateau State capital, in the aftermath of the killings in some communities, the President urged traditional and community leaders to complement the government’s efforts by persuading their constituencies to tolerate one another for peace and unity.

In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President said: ‘‘I will continue to pressurise members of the law enforcement agencies directly under me by the Constitution as the Commander-in-Chief. About eight days ago, we had five hours security meeting of the Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police.

‘‘What happened here in Jos is very bad. The question of leadership, from your household to whatever you are, is justice. The bottom line is justice.



‘‘That is why wherever I go, I will always appeal to the leadership of the communities, the law enforcement agencies to always have control of their constituencies.’’

Condemning the bloodletting, which left scores dead, Buhari, who was accompanied to the meeting by Governor Simon Lalong and his counterparts from Kebbi and Niger, condoled with the victims’ families, the government and people of the state, and wished those injured a speedy recovery.

The President also used the interactive session attended by traditional rulers, community and religious leaders, representatives of youth, women and trade union groups, security chiefs and some top government officials to appeal to Nigerians to avoid inflammatory utterances that endanger peace or promote conflicts.

He said: “Whatever is being given to the media, we have to be very responsible about it.

‘‘Take, for instance, the situation in Benue. The Benue subsistence farmer knows that the Nigerian cattle herder that he knows doesn’t carry nothing more than a stick, occasionally, sometimes something to cut grass to feed his cattle.

‘‘But the present herder, I am told, carries AK47 and people are even blaming me for not talking to them because maybe (they say) I look like one of them.



‘‘There is some injustice in these aspersions,’’ Buhari said.

“It is noteworthy that many Nigerians still acknowledge that despite the security challenges, this administration has made notable successes in the security sector,” the President said.

Lalong blamed parties in the conflict for reneging on their agreement to maintain the peace, leading to the recent upsurge in violence, after nearly three years of calm.

‘‘We are concerned as a state that the sophisticated weapons used in these attacks, from the evidence on the ground and the narrations of victims, are not those conventional to our environment for self defence but reflective of a terrorist invasion.

‘‘It, therefore, demands a justified response like that which was undertaken to address the Boko Haram insurgency,’’ he said.

The governor also requested that given the number of villages ravaged in the violence, the Federal Government should establish an Emergency Special Intervention Fund to help reconstruct the destroyed communities.

President Buhari also listened to the presentations and recommendations made by Alhaji Nura Abdullahi, State Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) and Mrs Florence Jambol, a representative of the Berom community, on engendering peace in the communities.

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How can you stop what you started?

you can only deceive the gullible ones

Idiotic buhari we know you're the brain behind all this senseless killing. F*ck you!

People are being senselessly & violently maimed & killed . Overhaul your service chiefs & give them stern marching orders to stop the orgy.
However all the useless but conniving FG of the north is only interested in is maintaining the present incompetent military chiefs.
The real reasons Buhari doesn't want to shuffle the service chiefs is simply because of Buratai(COAS) & AVM Sadiq(CAS)

Stories for APC zombies.

yes, good won sa!
press dem enta grand!!
sai baba, hope '19!!!