Plateau Youths Urge President Tinubu to Aid Rebuilding of Bandit-Hit Villages
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos
Plateau Youth group has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to give a marching order towards rebuilding villages in Mangu, Bokkos, Barkin Ladi, Riyom, and Bassa that are in ruins as a result of the barbaric acts of the terrorists and ensure the safe return of all displaced persons.
Chairman of the Forum of Plateau State Youth Council of the various Local governments, Comrade Dapip Stanley made the appeal while addressing Journalists during a Press Conference in Jos the state on Tuesday.
While we look forward to the immediate intervention of the President and the international committees, we call on all Government agencies saddled with the responsibility of attending to victims of disaster and attacks to as a matter of urgency attend to so many Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in these Communities attacked in Mangu, Bokkos, Riyom and Barkin-Ladi LGAs of Plateau State.
“All persons arrested in connection with these attacks should be prosecuted and all persons making inflammatory statements on social media should be arrested and prosecuted in line with the laws of the land.
We call on the Military and other Security Personnel in the affected Local Areas to be civil in their relationship with the civilians and locals. Plateau people are peace-loving and will continue to support peace initiatives”.
“These terror attacks have resulted in the deaths of thousands of people, displacement of Communities and destruction of property worth billions of naira. The relentless wave of violence, with innocent civilians bearing the brunt of these heinous acts orchestrated by the Fulani militia must be halted.
“We call on the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately declare the Fulani militia a Terrorist Group and order the Military and all Security Forces to go after them with full lethal force in Plateau State and work towards the restoration of peace in our State.
The Youth group equally called on the international community to come to Plateau aid in addressing the genocide and the humanitarian crisis that has been occasioned.
“We are also calling on the International Community through the United Nations to help us and end this Genocide on the Plateau. We call on the International Criminal Court to focus its attention on the Plateau State to identify actors for prosecution.
The Plateau Youth Council (PYC) from seven Local Government Areas of Plateau State have tasked all Patriotic Plateau Youths to unite irrespective of political colouration to protect their “Plateau Heritage” which has been under siege.
Chairmen of all the Youths in various Communities encouraged their members to continue to seek ways and efforts to protect their ancestral heritage.
They called for the end of the incessant, unprovoked attacks, atrocities and well-orchestrated genocide being carried and sustained on the People of Plateau State by Suspected Fulani Militias and added that they have had enough of that.
“We want to take this moment to warn those behind these incessant killings, burning down of houses and destruction of farmland all In the name of making the state ungovernable for the Government of Plateau State to achieve their selfish political goals, to as a matter of urgency desist from such as the youths are on a thorough investigation and anyone found involved in this mayhem the youths will never take it likely with them and their co-travellers”.
