₦airaland Forum

Soldiers serving with the
Special Task Force on Jos
crisis on Thursday opened
fire on rampaging youth who
blocked a road in Bokkos
Local Government Area, in
protest of the killing of a
monarch and a night attack
there Wednesday.
At least one person was
killed and five others
injured, witnesses told
PREMIUM TIMES.
A witness, Mangai Haruna,
said the youth refused to
allow soldiers into the area,
pressing them instead to
provide the killers of their
kinsmen.
“They shot on our people,
one of them died instantly,”
Mr. Haruna said.
Residents say there is
tension in Bokkos town, as
many have fled the area to
seek refuge elsewhere. The
weekly Thursday market in
the town could not open due
to the crisis.
A spokesperson for the STF
could not be immediately
reached.
Plateau State has enjoyed
relative calm in recent times
after years of ethno-
religious conflict that claimed
the lives of thousands.
The latest spell of violence
began on Monday afternoon
when unknown gunmen
ambushed and killed Lazarus
Agaei, a first class traditional
ruler and the Saf Ron Kurele,
alongside his wife, son and a
police guard.
On Wednesday night,
unknown assailants
reportedly destroyed homes
and attacked residents of
the area.
In protest, youth barricaded
roads leading to the area on
Thursday morning, and
blocked the convoy of the
police commissioner of
Plateau State, Adekunle
Oladunjoye. Mr. Oladunjoye
was later allowed in.
Meanwhile, the Deputy
Inspector General of Police in
charge of operations, Habila
Joshak, is currently in
Bokkos.
Mr. Joshak was deployed
from Abuja to ensure the
arrest of the killers of the
monarch.
At Bokkos council police
station where the youth
gathered, Mr. Joshak sued
for peace, and assured that
perpetrators of the crime
would be arrested and
prosecuted.
He also visited the palace of
the late paramount ruler
where he pleaded for calm.
The DIG said the police was
deploying a chopper for an
aerial patrol of the local
government council for the
next two weeks, with the aim
of arresting those behind the
attacks.
He solicited the cooperation
of residents to enable police
fish out those behind the
attacks.
Residents demanded the
deployment of more mobile
police officers to the local
government to protect them.

idupaul:
Waiting for the Day Nigerians Army will shoot one of the rampaging herdsmen instead of the unarmed protesters..my country my country

iflywithbuhari:
Your reward for voting change. Please APC spread this your style of change to the Southwest

iflywithbuhari:
Your reward for voting change. Please APC spread this your style of change to the Southwest