PIQUED by the spate of killings and arson in Plateau State, the state House of Assembly on Friday gave Governor Simon Lalong a two-week ultimatum to address the insecurity in the state.

It was gathered that stakeholders and the traumatized populace are mounting a lot of pressure on the lawmakers to move against the governor over his perceived pro-Fulani stance.

The legislators also asked President Muhammadu Buhari to prove to Nigerians that he is not tribalistic by condemning the serial killing of their kith and kin the same way he has condemned the recent killing of some Fulani travellers in Jos. Addressing newsmen in Jos on Friday, the chairman of the House Committee on Information, Honourable Dadun Peter Philip, said the Assembly was calling on the people to stand up and defend themselves and their communities since conventional security designs could no longer guarantee their safety.


Text of the statement reads: “On behalf of the Plateau State House of Assembly, I wish to sympathise with the government and people of Plateau State on the barbaric and dastardly killings that have been taking place in different communities of Bassa, Barkin Ladi, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Mangu, Riyom, University of Jos community and recently that of Yelwa Zangam. The House condemns all these killings in totality. All these killings are unacceptable and condemnable. We commiserate with the families of all those who lost their loved ones during these attacks.


“We commend the youths on the Plateau for the sustained coordinated and organised campaigns against the killings and as well the courage to make it go viral by sending strong messages to the world using the dead bodies of the mayhem on the social media and the streets of Jos. The display of the corpses in the House is a sign that they recognised the authority of the House of Assembly as an institution that can speak for the people. We greatly appreciate that action.


“As an assembly with people at heart, we call on Plateau State citizens to have confidence in us with renewed commitment as we have given two (2) weeks to the governor to take action on the resolutions the House has forwarded on security matters and how to restore peace.

“We strongly call on Plateau people to stand up and defend themselves and their communities, as the conventional security design is no longer guaranteeing our safety as a people.

“We call on the Executive Governor of Plateau State, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong, to come up with a statement defending us as a people and to bring back renewed commitment to the cause of Plateau.

“We are still expecting with high hopes, the president to also come up with a statement about the killings in Yelwa Zangam just as he did in the killings of travellers along Rukuba Road and to also indicate a sign of justice or we will see him as being reflexive about the conflict in Plateau.


“As an assembly committed to the yearnings and aspirations of our people, we deeply appreciate the calls made by Plateau people, both at home and in the Diaspora, for encouragement and tasking us to do the needful in order to save Plateau and its heritage.

“We also wish to put on record that we stand with Plateau people in this trying moment and assure them of our genuine commitment to the cause of Plateau State.

“We also call on the traditional rulers to look inwards and release the local security design to protect Plateau people as well as reinforce the vigilante, hunters and local wise men to defend our people.

“As a sign of commitment to this urgent need for the people to protect themselves, the Plateau State House of Assembly has directed all local government chairmen to suspend their planned recruitment of ad hoc staff and instead recruit 200 vigilante personnel in each local government area to boost and argument local intelligence gathering.

“The security operatives are called upon to fish out the perpetrators of the mayhem and be punished according to the law.”

Some of the lawmakers who spoke with newsmen after the conference confirmed the pressures they were facing from their constituents who accused them of joining the governor to abandon them amid insecurity. None of them wanted to be quoted. However, one of them said the decision to commence or not to commence impeachment proceedings against the governor would depend on how he responds to the two week ultimatum the Assembly gave him.
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This guy is just a sellout... in a sane country he won't even be there.

He belongs in the class of Hope U. in Imo.

What do u expect when he doesn’t sound a Muslim…

Empty threat

The governor is pro Fulani because he thinks that will secure him a ministerial appointment when he leaves office.

Anyway plateau people knew this but still reelected him in 2019

Impeach him and the deputy will hand over Jos to Fulani

Dats why i love ortom..he would have ended the crisis and buhari with his mouth.

Impeach that bastard called governor.

Send him to exile after impeachment.

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]What do u expect when he doesn’t sound a Muslim[/s]…

This religion don do us plenty harm. Becoz him b Christian, so let the killing continue even it's obvious he can't handle the insecurity in that state abi?

Ok

This is proactive. Let the people arm themselves and give hell to those uncircumcised marauders. If they come for you, go for them. It's an eye for an eye right now, else you go extinct. As for the Fulani balls sucking governor, he should not only be impeached, he deserves a state of the art flogging/beating for being clueless to the killing of his people.

Rubbish!

The house of assembly is only playing to the gallery.

The governor is a bitch
House assembly members are RoosterDrinker's

Lalong and Ortom are both failures.

Just that has some balls

Las las make everybody carry weapon. We survive survive

E go be ✌️

Jos was once a center of tourist attraction. Not only because of its enchanting landscape, but also for the calmness you experience there. The people, so welcoming. The women would definitely rank amongst top 3 most cheerful givers, while the weather will practically turn you to an oyinbo alcoholic.

That serenity has all but vaporized because they welcomed the Fulani into their midst. Just as foolish oversabi youths destroyed Nigeria by ushering a Fulani into asorock. These people are not Nigerians, so even if the country disintegrates they don’t care!

I have never Seen a Governor who can't stand for his people like Zaradin Bako Lalong ....
This Upper hand you have given to this murderous settlers in Jos north Will be regrettable in annals of history and you will never be forgiven by they unborn generations yet to come...

The governor is a weakling.

Lalong should be impeached immediately. He’s the most useless governor in Nigeria. If he can’t be impeached, the indigenous people of Plateau state should March into government house and give him the beating of his life.

They should hold the ward councelors responsible and chairman

olisaEze:
Jos was once a center of tourist attraction. Not only because of its enchanting landscape, but also for the calmness you experience there. The people, so welcoming. The women would definitely rank amongst top 3 most cheerful givers, while the weather will practically turn you to an oyinbo alcoholic.

That serenity has all but vaporized because they welcomed the Fulani into their midst. Just as foolish oversabi youths destroyed Nigeria by ushering a Fulani into asorock. These people are not Nigerians, so even if the country disintegrates they don’t care!

Everywhere they step their feet, death and destruction. As soon as they come into any area, the vegetation of that place slowly starts to wither and turn a sickly brown... No wonder the place they come from is a desert. They've killed everything there with their putrid aura.

Nigeria's major problem is religion and ethnicity until there is a clear division between the christains and the muslim fulani north this country will never know true peace.

AntiBMC:


Everywhere they step their feet, death and destruction. As soon as they come into any area, the vegetation of that place slowly starts to wither and turn a sickly brown... No wonder the place they come from is a desert. They've killed everything there with their putrid aura.

Damnnn niggarrr! Your savagery is beyond comparison!!

In plateau and most States in the core north, there are two tribes. Christianity and Islam. They hate each other The main problem of plateau people is that Lalong is not siding with them Christians in their fight

olisaEze:


Damnnn niggarrr! Your savagery is beyond comparison!!

The guy dey vex .

Has Buhari Been impeached .. after all the killings in his Nijeria