Yoruba community condemns killings in Plateau

The Yoruba Community in Plateau has condemned the recent killings and wanton destruction of properties in Bassa, Riyom, Jos South and Jos North local government areas of the state.

The President of the community,Alhaji Abdulhakeen Aka, made the condemnation in a statement on Wednesday in Jos.

Aka, who sympathised with the families of those who lost their loved ones, described the developments as “sad, unfortunate and regrettable”.

He urged residents of the state to be calm and law abiding.

“We condemn in strong terms the incessant killings and destruction of properties in Bassa, Riyom , Jos North, Jos South and other parts of Plateau.

“We sympathise with families of those who lost their loved ones as a result of these attacks and pray God to comfort and grant them fortitude to bear the loss.

“We wish to also urge citizens to be calm and obey all directives by government to enable security agencies to restore peace and order within all the affected areas,”he said.

The president, however, urged security agencies to double their efforts at fishing out perpetrators of the heinous, dastardly and unprovoked attacks devoid of bias, saying that nobody was above the law.

He said that the perpetrators must be brought to book to serve as deterrent to others.

He commended Gov. Simon Lalong and heads of various security agencies in the State for their prompt response in bringing the situation under control.

Aka pledged that Yoruba community would continue to support all efforts of the State Government toward achieving lasting peace in the state.