President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Nigerian
Army and the Police to end the killings in Plateau State and ensure that the
security situation in the state does not deteriorate.
The President gave the order on Monday amid
fresh killings in the state, which has been the venue of religious violence and
herdsmen-farmers clashes over the past decade.
More than 30 people have been killed by gunmen
in the state in the last two days and the President has received the news of
the fresh violence and killing with “deep sadness and regret”, his Special
Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, said in a statement.
“President Buhari believes that this madness
has gone too far. He has instructed the military and the police to not only
bring the violence to an instant end, but to draw up a plan to ensure that
there are no further attacks and reprisal attacks by one group against the
other,” the statement read in part.
According to Mr Shehu, President Buhari is
devoted to the sanctity of Nigeria’s unity, and encourages Nigerians of all
groups to learn to live together in peace and harmony.
The President also sent his condolences to
those who lost their loved ones in the attack and the people of the state.
Twenty-nine people were killed on Monday in an
early morning attack on Nkyie Dongwro village in Miango District of Bassa Local
Government Area in Plateau State.
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen had carried
out the attack on internally displaced natives at a primary school where they
had sought refuge.
A day earlier, six people were killed in a
late-night sneak attack on Ta’agbe village, also in Miango.
Source: channelstv
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