Jos crisis, Youths demand for action over killings

President Muham­madu Buhari has been called upon to intervene urgently so as to halt the series of
killings in Plateau state as a result of attacks by gunmen.
Making the call yester­day in Jos, National Body of Berom Youth Moulder’s (BYM) expressed worry over the incessant clashes between Fulani herdsmen and the Beroms which has led to the loss of many lives and destruction of prop­erty especially in Riyom, Barkin-Ladi and recently in Mangu Local Government Areas of State.
In a press statement jointly signed by BYM president, Chuwang Choji, and its publicity secretary, Jatau D. Gyang, the group pledged loyalty to the Bu­hari’s administration and pleaded with the President to break his long silence on the perpetual killings of in­nocent people in the state by taking stringent mea­sures to curb the menace.
They also urged Plateau people to be aware of the deliberate steps taking by Fulani terrorist to pitch ethnic groups in the state against each other through persistent attack.
BYM condemned recent attack in Kudunung vil­lage in Mangu Local Gov­ernment Area and refuted claims in some quarters that the attack was carried by Beroms, adding that “it is repulsive that the media reported the contrary, por­traying the Beroms to be on the offensive.
“The Government can­not pretend not to be aware of the unrestrained attacks of these Fulani Herdsmen which has jeopardized the peaceful co-existence of the entire country, and so we call on the President of Nigeria, His Execellency, Muhammadu Buhari to break his long silence on these killings by taking stringent measures to curb the menace of insecurity in Plateau.
“It is expedient to men­tion that Four villages in Foron and Fan Districts of Barkin Ladi Local Gov­ernment Areas of Plateau State were simultaneously attacked by Fulani herds­men on Sunday 13th of September 2015, at about 21;30hours where over Fif­teen natives (Berom) were gruesomely killed, Thirty houses including a church raised down by these blood­thirsty human beings.
“After accomplishing their mission in Fan and Foron axis, they proceeded to Kadunung in Gindiri where the Berom and Pyem are predominantly natives to continued their heinous acts, they succeeded in kill­ing about Eighteen People, burning over 150 houses which rendered over 5,000 people homeless”