The Plateau Peace Building Agency (PPBA) on Tuesday warned that the unprovoked attacks on hapless citizens of the state in the last few months could derail the modest achievements recorded in the conflict prevention and peace building efforts of the state government.
The PPBA also frowned at the recent attack on Du village, Kwall district of Irigwe chiefdom, Bassa Local Government Area, Plateau State, which led to the death of some persons while leaving some with various degrees of injuries.
Newspot recalls that an Expression of Commitment to Peace Agreement was signed in July, 2021, between the Irigwe and Fulani people.
The Director, Administration and Officer, overseeing the Agency, Elkannah Izam stated this through the Team Lead, Strategic Communication, PPBA, Kenneth Dakop, in Jos the State Capital.
While commiserating with victims of the latest attack and the Irigwe people, Izam noted that, “there is need for sustained dialogue and mediation with critical stakeholders across the state, so as to compliment the kinetic operations of the security agencies operating in the state.
He then sued for calm and cooperation between communities and the security architecture in the state to weed out criminal elements in their midst and elsewhere.
In the same vein, the overseeing officer PPBA called on the security outfits in the state “to check the growing trend of mob actions allegedly carried out by the proscribed commercial motorcycle riders within the metropolis.
“Reported cases of mob actions on innocent Nigerians by the commercial motorcyclists lately pose a clear and present danger to the safety of citizens and a threat to the hard-earned peace the state is currently enjoying”, he maintained.
He charged community and religious leaders, youth and women groups and other well-meaning individuals and corporate entities, particularly, the Nigeria Police to rise to the current security threat and nip it in the bud.
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