President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to rooting out the elements behind the recent killings in Plateau State.
This is according to a statement signed by presidential spokesperson
Garba Shehu.
Recent attacks in Jos North, Bassa, Riyom, and Barkin Ladi have
plunged Plateau into a state of high tension.
About 36 people were killed last week in Yelwa Zangam village,
Zangam District in Jos North Local Government Area.
Many state governments have transported their indigenes from Jos
metropolis and the University of Jos has been shut down.
While some have attributed the killings to ethnic and religious reasons,
the state government has maintained they are “purely criminal activities
that must be treated as such.”
The Presidency also called for Plateau communities to unite against the
violence and not resort to unnecessary politicisation of the matter.
