Jonah Jang, former Governor of Plateau State and Senator representing
Plateau North has urged the Federal Government to prosecute killer
herdsmen.
The Senator gave the call while insisting that the killer herdsmen are not Nigerians.
Addressing journalists in Jos, the state capital, the lawmaker noted
that the Federal Government should tell Nigerians how these killer
herdsmen crossed into Nigeria.
Jang also urged the government not to get involved in the cattle
colonies it was proposing to stem the carnage between farmers and
herdsmen saying, “Cattle business is private business.”
According to Jang, “Federal government need to take more proactive
and drastic actions against herdsmen who are carrying firearms, killing
people. To my understanding, those herdsmen carrying firearms and
killing people are not Nigerians, they should be shown the way out of
the country.
The federal government must answer this question: how do
this killer herdsmen gain access into Nigerian territory? Someone should
be held responsible for this.”
“I was confronted with herdsmen attacks for eight years as governor
of Plateau State. State governors should be given powers in their
respective states to prosecute criminals, not just herdsmen. During my
regime as governor, some of the criminals were arrested, taken to Abuja,
and they disappeared in the thin air. Till date, none of them was
prosecuted.”