Posted by 9jabook.com on April 11, 2010 at 11:08pm
Another attack by unknown assailants was recorded in the early hours of Sunday, April 11 as residents of Kuru-Jenta in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, went through a trauma of gun shots and burning of cars and houses.
The attack followed similar patterns Of Dogo Nahawa and Byei villages but there were no casualties except that four vehicles and two buildings were burnt and a resident with bullet scratch from a stray bullet.
Residents of the attacked houses did not rush out as were the cases in the other attacks but rather stayed indoors until reinforcement of security personnel came to their rescue.
Several people have been paying visit to the village as soon as information filtered into town on the attack where the compounds of two retirees were affected.
Some of them narrated their ordeal on what transpired early this morning. The ward head of the area was treated after a stray bullet scratches his chest and was lucky as he explained.
Former Managing Director of Mining Corporation, Davou Timothy Pwajok and his cousin, a former Commissioner of Mineral Resources in Plateau State have their houses and cars burnt and their building riddled with bullet holes.
Gregory Yenlong assures that government will have to cooperate with security operatives in solving the problem that is becoming an embarrassment.
Meanwhile, the Community Development Associations in Bachi and Riyom districts of Riyom Local Government Area in Plateau state are seeking� dialogue between natives of Berom land and Fulani herdsmen that are living in the area as way of finding lasting solution to incessant attacks on the Beroms.
Speaking at the Riyom community hall in Riyom local government headquarters, the associations through their representative, Bitrus Tawal urge the Fulani leadership to appeal to their kinsmen to sheath their swords and subject themselves to the authorities of their village chiefs.
They also reiterated the importance for the prosecution of all suspects of previous attacks while urging security personnel to rise to the occasion by exercising professionalism and shun the temptation of being biased on religion or ethnic inclination in carrying out their duty.
At the peace parley, no fewer than fifteen development associations spread across Riyom local government area of the state gathered at the community hall at the local government headquarters with traditional rulers and political representatives from the communities to address the incessant attack on their villages.
Reflecting on the recent attacks carried out on their kinsmen and their farmlands, representatives of the associations believed that dialogue with the Fulani herdsmen would be a way out of the continuous attack being experience by their people.
Representing the traditional council in the area, the Gwom Ryei of Bauchi expressed efforts of the council in creating conducive atmosphere for the natives and settlers to coexist without fighting or rancour.
Member representing Riyom constituency in the Plateau state house of assembly, Honourable Emmanuel Jugu could not hide his concern for the frequency of the attacks and the steps being taken by the house in finding lasting solution to the problem at hand.
As calls are coming for genuine dialogue, all the communities should come together to express their feelings and talk their ways out, instead of killing and maiming one another.
The natives should continue to accommodate their visitors while the settlers must respect the culture and obey traditional rulers of the natives.
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