Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong has expressed outrage over the attack on Danda Chugwi village of Vwang in Jos South Local Government Area where some persons were reportedly killed and others injured.
Lalong described the incident as callous and condemnable, and also directed security forces to ensure those behind the attack are apprehended and punished.
The governor described the attack as another ‘desperation by crisis merchants to instigate disharmony, suspicion, fear and orchestrate agony among the people leading to further violence’.
According to the governor, security agencies including the police, Operation Safe Haven, DSS, Operation Rainbow, have been tasked to work with the local intelligence and ensure those behind the act are fished out.
The governor, in a statement by his spokesman, Makut Macham, sympathised with the bereaved families, and those injured, and directed the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and the Peace Building Agency (PBA) to visit the area and ensure that succour is given to victims.
He also urged the people to continue to cooperate with security agencies, the traditional institution, community leaders and others community security architecture in supporting government towards exposing the criminals.