Brigade Commander, 23rd Amour
Brigade Yola, Brig. Gen. Bello Mohammed has declared that the Nigerian Army
will no longer condone killings under any guise.
He expressed sadness that seven
policemen and two soldiers lost their lives within the past two months as a
result of Numan sectarian crisis involving herdsmen and farmers.
Mohammed, who spoke on Thursday
in Yola while addressing a town hall meeting of stakeholders, sounded a final
warning to those involved.
The senior officer said the
military would henceforth be hard on those who failed to embrace peace and
dialogue in resolving differences.
“The crisis that initially
started in Numan and environs spread to four LGAs namely; Girei, Demsa and
Lamurde, and later to parts of Taraba.
“Sadly, the measures and
strategies employed by security agencies have not yielded the desired effect;
the stakeholders have regarded our soft handedness measures as weakness and
incapable of dealing with the situation.
“Henceforth, we members of the
security agencies forum have collectively resolved to tackle this mayhem and
unwarranted killings at all cost.
“The first deliberate step
towards permanently resolving this issue is this town hall meeting. It is part
of soft power approach to internal security situations, it would be followed by
hard and smart power approaches. To be forewarned is to be forearmed,” Mohammed
said.
While lamenting that elites,
politicians and traditional rulers in the affected areas were not helping
matters in addressing the problem, Mohammed said warring parties were also fond
of over reacting and mostly on baseless and unconfirmed information.
The brigade commander said that
as part of measures taken by security agents to tackle the security situation
in Numan, resisting an arrest or obstructing security personnel from carrying
out their duties would be considered as serious offense.
He listed other offences as
unlawful assemblies and possession of arms by persons in affected communities.
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