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  • A record of raw grief and terror

    A record of raw grief and terror

    SIR: Since the late 90s,deadly insecurity has somehow managed to hang on to the coattails of Plateau State. Since the 2001 Jos crisis, which somehow managed to shock even the most unflappable of Nigerians with the scale of its horror, the state’s mystique as the “home of peace and tourism” has been shattered irreparably.

    Since the crisis, recovery has proven impossible with the episodic peace in the state amounting to no more than a peace of the graveyard which shatters under the slightest pressure. Rather than peaceful tourists savouring the abundant natural endowments of the states, terrorists attack and raze entire villages at night, leaving behind carnage and condemnation. In December 2023, about 200 people were slaughtered in one of such midnight raids in Bokkos Local Government Area of the State.

    Nigerians often do not know whether perpetrators are caught and punished. In fact, what tells them that they are not is the fact that one deadly attack is typically a rehearsal for an even deadlier attack not far away. This is precisely what has been happening in Plateau State for a while now.

    That Nigerians continue to be killed in such brutal and brazen manner occasionally means that the security situation is one which is defying solutions. So much has been made and said about securing Nigeria and driving away the killers who prey so ruthlessly on vulnerable communities, but the fact that the killings have continued means that there is no solution yet. This calls the commitment of the federal and Plateau State governments to end the killings into serious question.

    Given that the killings in Plateau State have now gone on for decades, is it until the entire state is wiped out by terrorists that the government of Plateau State and the federal government will know to recalibrate their security strategy?

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    Has the government not received any intelligence on the identity of the killers in Plateau State? Given that it has most likely received plenty of intelligence, why is it holding back to act while innocent citizens are being slaughtered at will?

    It’s important to remember that killers remain on the loose in the state. Their bloodlust has not dulled at all and unless their weapons are blunted and their heels cramped behind bars, the long-suffering people of Plateau State will know neither peace nor the past they had before killers beat a path to the iconic state.

    • Ike Willie-Nwobu, Ikewilly9@gmail.com
  • How I was lured into sex, multiple rape of minors —Teenager

    How I was lured into sex, multiple rape of minors —Teenager

    A 16-year-old, Miracle Igwbuike, has revealed how he was lured into sex life by a neighbour and became motivated to embark on rape of minors in the neighborhood of Tudun Wada, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.

    Miracle’s  sexual exploits in the community was revealed following his arrest by the police in Jos.

    The teenager and other suspects were paraded yesterday at  the Plateau State Police Command, Jos. 

    Speaking, the Commissioner of Police,  CP Emmanuel Adesina said: “On 24/08/2024 at about 4:30pm, one Victoria Livinus and one Kauna Stephen both female of Tudun Wada Jos reported at the ‘A’ division Police station that one Miracle Igwbuike male, 16 years of the same address has been having carnal knowledge of their daughters, one Josephine Livinus, 9 years old, one Jennifer Livinus, 6 years old and one Blessing Stephen, 12 years old, all female of same address.

    “Upon receipt of the report, the suspect was immediately arrested by officers attached to the division and brought to the station for interview. He confessed to the crime and further stated that one Bongkat Dombin, female, 38 years of the same address has been seducing and having sexual intercourse with him since he was 13 years old.

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    “The said Bongkat Dombin has also been arrested, and she confessed to the crime. Investigations are being concluded with a view to charging the suspects to court.”

    Also paraded was a notorious kidnapper known as Umar Adams.

    According to the CP, “On 27/07/2024 at about 2:30pm while acting upon intelligence report received by the Command, our men at the Laranto Division rescued and arrested one Umar Adams, male, 27 years of Angwan Rimi while he was about to be lynched by an angry mob along Nepa-Rafin Gwaza village of Jos North LGA.