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| Operation Safe Heaven In Jos |
At least seven persons were killed and several houses burnt in a
renewed violence which started yesterday in some parts of Jos,
Plateau State, according to a report
It was gathered that trouble started in Jos when an Apostolic
Church in the area was allegedly attacked during its Sunday service by
some youths believed to have come from the Hausa community in Jos.
Victims of the incident
The native youths soon mobilised for a reprisal leading to
full-blown riot that escalated to other parts of the city, including
Rikkos, Bauchi Ring Road, Students’ Village of the University of Jos,
Faringada, Katako, Dilimi and Cele Bridge near Tina Junction in Jos.
Confirming the riot across the city, the Commander of the military
Special Task Force (STF), Major General Augustine Agundu, made a live
broadcast, on the local Plateau Radio Television Commission (PRTV).
According to him,
“Today has been one of those unfortunate
moments. We have had a lot of unrests in a cross section of the town. I
was with the youths in Jos North LGA yesterday – Laranto in specific,
and we had heart-warming discussions and interactions.
“But in a situation like this, certainly, some miscreants and
some criminals might want to seize some undue advantage or opportunity
to unleash mayhem to innocent citizens and this is what we are
condemning since my mandate in this Plateau State is the restoration of
peace, law and order and total civility within the society.
“May I appeal to every good citizen of the state living both
here in the state and outside the state, to urge the youth, the
misguided ones to sheathe their swords and live in peace with one
another.
“I am sure that every apparatus of government is working
assiduously hard to ensure that normalcy returns and every person goes
about his normal duties“There is no need for us to lift up arms against one another.
Every conflict in this world has a solution and the solution is
understanding and perseverance. We should be our brother’s keepers and
our sister’s keepers. There should be peaceful co-existence.”