Ezekiel Awojide
The Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, has cried out to the Federal Government to rescue over 64 communities in the state which he said are being controlled by terrorists.He said the over 64 communities have also been renamed by the terrorists.The governor added that the latest killings in Bokkos LGA are “sponsored and genocidal”.The governor spoke on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Tuesday.
He blamed terrorist groups for the carnage, alleging that the attacks were sponsored by yet-to-be-identified individuals. According to him, “I can tell you in all honesty that I cannot find any explanation other than genocide sponsored by terrorists. “The question is, who are the persons behind the organisers of this terrorism? This is what the security agencies must help us to unravel. “We must come to the point where we know the sponsors because it is not just the work of ordinary people.
This is being sponsored from somewhere. “I am sure that in the coming days, the security agencies will work together, not at cross purposes but in unison, to be able to bring out the requisite intelligence that will help us to put this matter behind us. ’’The Plateau governor said bandits have taken over 64 communities across Bokkos, Barkin Ladi, and Riyom LGAs, displacing villagers in the state. “If these attacks have been going on for close to 10 years, it tells you that there is a deliberate, conscious attempt to clean out populations and to reopen,” he added.“As I am talking to you, there are not less than 64 communities that have been taken over by bandits on the Plateau between Bokkos, Barkin Ladi, and Riyom local government areas. “They have been taken over, renamed, and people are living there conveniently on lands they pushed people away to occupy.”
