A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state and safety skilled, Ambassador Abayomi Mumuni, has cautioned non secular and ethnic leaders towards inciting statements in respect of the assaults in Plateau state.
He mentioned that that is mandatory in an effort to keep away from extra pointless crises within the state Plateau state and different states throughout the federation.
Recall that no fever than 163 folks have been reportedly killed within the final two weeks within the state.
It was gathered that some gunmen invaded two native authorities areas within the state; Barkin -Ladi and Bokkos and killed a number of folks and destroyed property price tens of millions of naira.
However, Mumuni in his response, cautioned non secular and ethnic demagogues to eschew statements which can be able to inciting the folks and pitching them towards each other.
Mumuni, who can also be an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Lagos State, condemned the assault which he described as merciless and disheartening, in keeping with a press release issued by his media aide, Rasheed Abubakar on Tuesday, January 2, 2024.
He mentioned, “The roles that some non secular and ethnic leaders play on this disaster are additionally condemnable. My investigations into the Plateau disaster present that some non secular students preach hate to their followers. That’s so ungodly, and they need to cease. The federal government should additionally rise to watch and handle the sort of sermons pushed out by the non secular leaders.
“It’s hate sermons that incite folks to reprisal assault which has been recognized as a serious spotlight within the Plateau disaster. We should always preach tolerance and understanding. I imagine the institution of state police will do extra to disclose and examine the native points surrounding the fixed assaults in Plateau,” he mentioned.
Mumuni who served within the Safety/Intelligence Directorate of the APC Presidential Marketing campaign Council within the 2023 common election mentioned that state police will give latitude to Governors who’re Chief Safety Officers of their states to deal with safety issues with the urgency that’s required with out egocentric pursuits and primordial sentiments.
He added that there ought to mechanism in place to make sure that the police construction isn’t completely within the management of the State authorities.
“The disaster in Plateau State just isn’t new, and it has a number of dimensions. There’s a lengthy, deep-seated ethnic/non secular rivalry in that state. There’s additionally the herders-farmers dimension to killings reported within the state. The disaster has turned out to be what the persons are accustomed to. There’s subsequently a necessity for native intelligence and method to deal with the disaster.
The famend creator of ‘World Terrorism and its Results on Humanity ‘ nonetheless mentioned that the Plateau Christmas eve assault is a wake-up name to the Federal Authorities and Nationwide Meeting to right away revisit the age-long name for state police amidst rising insecurity.
“In view of this, I need to urge the Federal Authorities ably led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Nationwide Meeting to revisit the requires state police in Nigeria. Aside from engendering true federalism within the nation, which the President has persistently recognized with, the institution of state police has the tendency to deal with most of our safety challenges in Nigeria. It is because these safety challenges are rooted in native issues resembling a mistrust between two ethnic or non secular and even financial teams.”
Mumuni famous that state police will give latitude to Governors who’re Chief Safety Officers of their states to deal with safety issues with the urgency that’s required with out egocentric pursuits and primordial sentiments, including that there must be mechanisms in place to make sure that the police construction isn’t completely within the management of the State authorities.