Military parades killers in Plateau
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the police command in plateau had on sunday confirmed the killing of 86 people in attacks on razat ruku nyarr kura and gana-ropp villages of gashish district in barkin ladi local government area of the state2 the other 14 people were arrested in connection with civil unrest recently experienced in the state1 they were arrested by the special military task force operation save haven which paraded them on wednesday in jos alongside 14 others who were arrested over the killings1 the three men were said to have been captured at gashish district in the barkin ladi local government area of plateau1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that 11 villages in the barkin ladi local government area and its environs were affected in the onslaught in which property worth billions of naira were also destroyed1 parading the suspects the spokesman of the stf maj. umar adams told reporters that the suspects were arrested clutching sophisticated riffles1 the deadly activities of the herdsmen have raised concerns over the future of agriculture in north central nigeria because of the penchant of the marauders to kill farmers1 analysts describe benue taraba and nasarawa states the hotbeds of the killings as the food basket of nigeria1 adams said the suspects were arrested in the course of the attacks1 we all know that some days back some villages in barkin ladi were attacked and these three suspects were arrested in connection with that1 as our men were repelling the attacks in those areas we arrested these suspects with four riffles three locally made guns and one ak471 two of the suspects are herdsmen and one berom one of the minority ethnic groups in plateau currently at odds with fulani herdsmen over grazing rights1 adams said that the suspects were still being investigated and that more arrests would be made in the course of time1 meanwhile the united global resolve for peace ugrfp an ngo says something urgent must be done to stop the spate of killings across the country1 mr pelumi olajengbesi the groups executive secretary in a statement on wednesday in abuja prayed god to grant each affected home the fortitude to deal with such severe losses1 he said that the recent incident in plateau state in which many lives were lost had similar tales in zamfara yobe and borno1 the nation wept as it does now swore itself sore to the promise that never again would live be wasted so cheaply without justice only for us to go round full circle in a matter of days to this1 something urgent must be done to address the continuous killing of innocent men and women nationwide1 there is yet a nation to save and it is a collective duty of all to seek new ways to address the fatal challenge before us1 while the nation continues to weep and rightly so for the many lives lost senselessly in the alleged herdsmen attack may i extend my deep condolences to the families of those who lost their lives he said1 he called on the federal government to more responsive to its duty of protecting lives and property1 three suspects in the connection with the weekends killings in 11 villages in plateau have been arrested and paraded by the military alongside with their weapons1 president muhammadu buhari condemned the attacks describing the incident as very painful and regrettable and warned that the government would not rest until the assailants were brought to justice1

Buhari: Desperate politicians behind Plateau mayhem
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the police command in plateau had on sunday confirmed the killing of 86 people in attacks on razat ruku nyarr kura and gana-ropp villages of gashish district in barkin ladi local government area of the state2 less than 24 hours later violence broke out1 he said we know that a number of geographical and economic factors are contributing to the longstanding herdsmenfarmers clashes1 but we also know that politicians are taking advantage of the situation. this is incredibly unfortunate1 nigerians affected by the herdsmen farmer clashes must always allow the due process of the law to take its course rather than taking matters into their own hands1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the presidency quoted security information which indicated that about one hundred cattle were rustled by a community in plateau state and some herdsmen were killed in the process1 the report also revealed that the state governor simon lalong had invited the aggrieved groups and pleaded against further action while the law enforcement agents looked into the matter1 president buhari who was reacting to recent clashes in plateau which left scores dead said in a statement by his senior special assistant on media and publicity malam garba shehu in abuja that those behind the killings hoped that it would give them an advantage in the coming elections1 it further stated that some local thugs then took advantage of the situation turning it into an opportunity to extort the public and to attack people from rival political parties1 there were reports of vehicles being stopped along the roads in the state with people being dragged out of their cars and attacked if they stated that they supported certain politicians or political party1 on his way back to jos after attending the all progressives congress apc convention in abuja the state governor had to dismantle a number of illegal road blocks set up by these thugs. there were also a number of people thugs had killed with their bodies lying along the road the report added1 president muhammadu buhari on monday decried how desperate politicians have increasingly cheapened human life in their quest to establish a reign of instability and chaos in the country for political gains1 the command had earlier said that only 11 persons were killed1 asp terna tyopev the commands public relations officer ppro confirmed the new figure to the news agency of nigeria nan on sunday in jos1 the plateau government had since announced a dusk to dawn curfew in riyom barkin ladi and jos south local government areas to check further breakdown of law and order in the state1