Nigeria does not belong to any group - Jonah Jang

Former governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah Jang has stated that Nigeria does not belong to any group and that no group has the right to kill.

The senator stated this while addressing stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party at a meeting in Jos, the Plateau State capital.

According to Jonah Jang, all those responsible for security in Nigeria need to sit tight as the country faces rising level of insecurity.

He said, “Nigeria must arise and ensure we protect this God given land called Nigeria.

“Nigeria doesn’t belong to any particular group and no particular group has the right to my life, same as I don’t have the right to anybody’s life, but I will protect my life the best way I can.

“We cannot be playing politics with this crisis, no one should blame anybody for the crisis, and nobody who has been governor started the crisis.

He continued: “The crisis started during the military regime. It was inherited by the elected governors one after the other, including my humble self and governor Lalong".

He went on to call for the protection of villages in Plateau which are under attack. According to him, those attacking the villages will soon invade the city, “after all, they have started kidnapping people in their homes”.

“Security is everybody’s business, we have no excuse whatsoever to continue allowing what is happening to be happening.

“Recently, the Yoruba launched Amotekun security outfit, we have been advocating for state police, if the state police cannot come through constitution; the people themselves will decide to be the state police by themselves, or why don’t we allow it come up since the people want it”, he stressed.