The Commander of Operation Safe Haven, Maj.-Gen Ibrahim Ali has engaged over 200 Irigwe and Fulani youths in a peace dialogue with a view to ending the killings of innocent people in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Gen. Ali said the youth peace summit, held yesterday at Lamonde Hotel Jos, was to foster peace and unity, among the two warring ethnic groups, stressing that, “I don’t want to hear of any clash between the Irigwe and the Fulani communities in the next five months.”
He urged the youth to embrace one another and channel their energy towards pursuing issues that will bring them together in the interest of peaceful co-existence and the development of their communities.
The Commander praised the report of the 36-member committee set up to engage the warring communities. He said the recommendation of the committee if thoroughly implemented, would bring an end to the violent attacks and killings.
Representatives of the Irigwe and Fulani youths embraced each other and vowed to work together to expose criminal elements who are bent on fomenting trouble in the areas.