President Bola Tinubu has met with some stakeholders from
Plateau over the rising violent attacks in the north-central state.
Tinubu met with the Plateau delegation led by Caleb
Mutfwang, governor of the state, at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday.
Vice-President Kashim Shettima, Simon Lalong, senator
representing Plateau south, and Nentawe Yilwatda, national chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), were present at the meeting.
The meeting was sequel to Tinubu’s recent visit to Plateau
over killings.
On April 2, Tinubu visited Plateau to commiserate with
victims of March 29 attack at Angwan Rukuba community in Jos north LGA.
Speaking during the meeting, Tinubu asked the Plateau
leaders to return home and engage in a meeting on how to bring about peace in
the state.
The president urged them to review the white paper on
attacks in the state and implement the recommendations.
Tinubu said he would work with the national assembly on the
creation of state police to address some of the issues of insecurity.
The president asked the leaders to identify those who are
inciting violence in their states for prosecution.
“The leaders will go back home and summon the leadership
meeting. Pretend that I’m there or pretend that I’m absent because you are
still going to give me feedback,” Tinubu said.
“Thank God all the former governors are alive and here. Call
one another. Ignore the governors’ committee or incorporate them. Take that
white paper or gazette that, go through it and agree to implement the white
paper.
“The legislators, who are here, we are going to work
together to establish state police. I believe once we have state police,
enforcement of law and others will take care of some of these problems.
“For us to stop creating widows, widowers, orphans, there
must be peace. It is very tough to develop when you don’t have peace.”
‘WE HAVE STARTED A JOURNEY’
Speaking during the meeting, Mutfwang said the former
Plateau governors have come together, for the first, time to work towards
ensuring peace in the state.
“We have started a journey. The coming together of former
governors has never happened before. This is the first time it is happening,”
he said.
“I believe that it is a step we can build upon. Since we
have closed the political space, I’m sure some of the issues that have been
politicised have been narrowed out, and we will be able to move together as
brothers and ensure we achieve a common goal for the benefits of our people and
the nation.”
By
TheTimes Nigeria
