Plateau house of assembly has asked residents to stand up
and defend themselves against killers in the state.
Plateau has recently come under a series of attacks by
gunmen, who kill residents and ravage communities.
The assembly gave Simon Lalong, governor of Plateau, two
weeks to address the security crisis ravaging the state.
Philip Dasun, chairman, house of committee on information,
disclosed the resolution of the assembly during a press conference held in Jos
on Friday.
According to Dasun, the lawmakers made the resolution during
their plenary session.
“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,” he said.
“The House condemns the killings in totality. These killings
are unacceptable and condemnable. We commiserate with the families of all those
who lost their loved ones during the attacks.
“We strongly call on Plateau people to practically stand up
and defend themselves and their communities, as the conventional security
design is no longer guaranteeing our safety as a people.
“We commend the youths on the Plateau for 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 from 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 weeks to the governor Simon Lalong to take action on the resolutions
the House has forwarded on security matters and how to restore peace.
“We call on the governor of Plateau State, Simon 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.”
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