The Plateau State Government has again assured citizens of the state that the State Government will do all that is necessary to guarantee the security of lives and properties in the state.
The Governor gave this assurance in the wake of two attacks by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on family compounds in Kwata Zawan in Jos South Local Government Area and Gwol-Hoss Village along Makera in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Scores of people were believed to have died in the attacks.
While appealing for calm, Governor Simon Lalong ordered round the clock patrol of the areas, adding that security agencies have been mandated to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous crime.
He directed the Jos University Teaching Hospital and the Vom Christian Hospital, where the injured are receiving medical attention, to give all the victims the needed treatment at government’s expense.
He called on all peace loving citizens of Plateau State to be vigilant and report suspicious movements in their communities to security agencies in order to forestall future occurrences.
Lalong, while also sympathising with the family of the bereaved and all victims of the dastardly act, and further assured the people of the state of the resolve of the government to consolidate on the steady peace that has returned to the state, especially in this period of the yuletide.
It was reported that Zawan community in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State on Sunday night came under siege as gunmen struck.
The incident, according an eyewitness, who is the owner of one of the Internally Displaced Persons camps sheltering displaced persons from the North East, Mark Lipdo, left over 15 people killed.
Lipdo said: “We received information last night that gunmen attacked Kwata in Zawan District of Jos South LGA, Plateau State.
“Fifteen people were shot dead.
“Other casualties not yet ascertained.”
