Miango Killings Inexcusable; Says Senator I. D. Gyang.

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Senator I.D. Gyang is saddened that Plateau North again woke up the morning of Friday 29/05/2020 with yet another gory report of a night attack at a Noodles Eatery next to Kent Academy, Miango in Bassa local government leaving behind four (4) people dead.

In a statement signed by Musa Ibrahin Ashoms,
Special Assistant
Media & Protocol to
Senator I.D. Gyang, Esq.
29/05/2020 said Victims included the lady-owner of the eatery, a retired secondary school teacher, and two other young men.

Senator Gyang is worried that communities of Irigwe Chiefdom in Bassa Local government have been the target of repeated attacks for many years resulting in monumental loss of lives and property with several villages reduced to rubble.

He notes that given the incessant attacks, the area ought to have been designated a Security Flash Point deserving and attracting extra security presence and surveillance, so as to deter and prevent the attacks.

The Senator says it is disturbing that the killer herdsmen and bandits (in direct contrast to other peace loving herdsmen of Plateau North), ravaging community after community in Plateau North are known to the Security agencies and intelligence preceding most of the attacks is often availed yet, the needed action and timely intervention is lacking. It follows that inability to enforce law and order emboldens criminals and incentivizes impunity as has been the case with the killings in Irigwe land.

Senator Gyang is therefore crying out that the lives of his people is at risk as communities are left at the mercy of killer herdsmen and bandits.

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Consequently, Senator Gyang is calling on the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Plateau State Governor, Commander Operation Safe Haven and the Commissioner of Police who have the constitutional responsibility of safeguarding the lives and property of citizens to take decisive steps to enforce law and order and end the killings in Irigwe Chiefdom in particular and Plateau North at large.

Senator Gyang says that government must not allow merchants of unrest and bloodshed to continue disrupting the peace which the people of Plateau North have resolved to build and consolidate.(outlook media).