Following the recent attacks that
claimed the lives of scores of people in some communities in Plateau State,
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on Monday advised stakeholders in Plateau State
not to allow religious crisis to occur in the country, saying no country in the
world has ever survived a religious crisis.
It would be recalled that scores
of people were at the weekend killed and property worth millions of Naira
destroyed in some communities in the State.
But while addressing Stakeholders
from the communities affected by the attacks at the weekend in Jos, the VP
said, “We must not allow in this country a religious crisis that becomes
uncontrollable, and if this sort of things continue to happen, we will have the
kind of crisis that no country in the world has ever survived,” he advised.
“So I want to urge all the
leaders to show more restraint especially in what we say.
“Nobody can survive a religious
war, so I want to urge everyone of us to exercise some restraint, by being as
civil as possible, even in the way that we engage as we go forward.
“It is the responsibility of each
and everyone of us especially leadership of the communities to ensure that we
are able to bring about the situation of lasting peace.
“We must make sure that we don’t
allow anybody get away with that sort of killing.
“Unless we seize the moment to
ensure that this is not allowed to continue, we may have greater problems in
our hands.
“I know already the Inspector
General of Police has deployed men, and today the Chief of Defense Staff has
also communicated to the President that he has deployed Special Forces here,
that is the military, to ensure that there is peace, to complement the efforts
of the Operation Safe Haven.
In his welcome remarks, Governor
Simon Lalong, sued for calm among the citizenry.
Lalong said he was surprised and
disappointed when he heard about the Berom/Fulani incident because of the
efforts both sides have put in place to ensure lasting peace in their communities.
“If I said I’m disappointed about
what happened, it’s an understatement, because they set the road-map for peace
in this State,” he explained.
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