Plateau Rep Presses for Early Security Response to Avert Mangu Attacks

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By Blessing Odega

A member of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr Matthew Kwarpo (APC/Mangu South), has called for early security response to avert further attacks in Mangu Local Government Area in Plateau.

 

Kwarpo, gave the call during the assembly’s plenary on Tuesday in Jos, when he moved a motion on adjournment over the violent sacking of several villages in Chakfem kingdom, in Mangu Local Government Area, by suspected armed militia.

The lawmaker lamented the brutal attacks which left communities including Manden, Tim, Midihin, Jilem, Koppang, Jibin, Jiblang, Shingles and several others completely destroyed.

 

He noted that houses were burnt, farmlands ravaged, foodstuffs looted, livestock stolen, and lives lost in what he described as a “calculated attempt to displace natives and instill fear.”

 

The lawmaker recalled that similar attacks were carried out early August in the villages of Manja, Muko and Kabung, with several residents killed and others still missing.

 

Kwarpo, described the repeated assaults as a pattern of organised violence aimed at capturing and occupying indigenous lands.

 

He called on the House to urgently convene a critical stakeholders’ meeting to address the security crisis and its implications.

The lawmaker appealed to the government and humanitarian agencies to provide immediate relief to displaced persons.He

 

He furthered called for the resettlement and reconstruction to restore affected communities and to support farmers to reclaim destroyed farmlands to avert looming food insecurity. NAN

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