Plateau killings: Buhari Promise Support To Victims In Plateau State

President, Muhammadu Buhari has pledged support to assist victims that were violated in Plateau State with relief materials.

The Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong disclosed this after meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa Abuja,  concerning the security development in the State.

Speaking to State Correspondent he said: “I also made a request to the President about relief materials and also still re-echoed the issue of resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons.

He added that Buhari  pledged to support victims involve in the violent clashes in the State.

“We have a lot of IDPs in my State, we have a lot on our hands already and when such happens, you expect the state to seek for support for relief materials.

“We are doing our best but the president said he will talk to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs so that attention would be given to those who are displaced as a result of this crisis.

“For over six years now, we have been enjoying peace in Plateau State so, anybody that wants to take Plateau back to those old days of the crisis, it is not only me as governor but all Plateau people will resist that

“They have said ‘we don’t want to go back to crisis again, we are enjoying peace, and we want to continue to enjoy our peace,’’ he said.

On the recent killing of travellers at Rukuba, near Jos, and other violent clashes in the state, the governor vowed that all those implicated would be prosecuted irrespective of their background or “connections” in the society.

The Governor reassured that security in the state is undergoing an improvement, he noted that both the Soldiers and Police are controlled by the Presidency and right now they are diligently working in the state on a daily basis.

He further said, “We are the only state that has a peace-building agency set up by the State government and it is the only state that for now has established an interreligious council.

“These are all the efforts that we have done and within a short time, peace has returned to Plateau state.”

Lalong, appealed for calm and control, stating that those calling for reprisals did not mean well for the state.