A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has suggested the Federal Authorities and safety businesses to observe the sermons delivered by non secular leaders, particularly in Plateau State, to keep away from unnecessary crises.
Arogidigba International Journal remembers that no fewer than 163 individuals have been killed within the final two weeks within the state when some gunmen invaded two native authorities areas of Barkin-Ladi and Bokkos, killed a number of individuals and destroyed property price hundreds of thousands of naira on Christmas Eve.
In a press release issued and made obtainable to Arogidigba International Journal on Tuesday by his media aide, Rasheed Abubakar, he stated: “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 observe and handle the sort of sermons pushed out by non secular leaders.
“It’s hate sermons that incite individuals to reprisal assaults, which have been recognized as a significant spotlight within the Plateau disaster. We should always preach tolerance and understanding. I consider the institution of state police will do extra to disclose and examine the native points surrounding the fixed assaults in Plateau.
“The disaster in Plateau State just isn’t new, and it has a number of dimensions. There’s a lengthy, deep-seated ethno-religious rivalry in that state. There’s additionally the herders-farmers dimension to the killings reported within the state. The disaster has turned out to be what the individuals are accustomed to. There’s due to this fact a necessity for native intelligence and an method to deal with the disaster. Given 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.
“Other than engendering true federalism within the nation, which the President has constantly recognized with, the institution of state police tends to deal with most of our safety challenges in Nigeria. It’s because these safety challenges are rooted in native issues corresponding to mistrust between two ethnic, non secular, and even financial teams.”