Plateau will not succumb to terrorists, bandits – CSO vows
Naija News • 5d ago
A civil society group in Plateau State, has vowed that indigenes of the state will not succumb to terrorists and bandits following a fresh wave of violence in different parts of the state leading to the death of over 15 people last weekend.
The group, under the aegis of Plateau Vanguard for Democracy, PVD, reacting to the violence that broke out last Thursday and lasted till Sunday in Jol and Dorowa-Babuje communities of Riyom and Barkin Ladi local government areas of the state, said the attacks were aimed at destabilizing and fracturing the fragile unity of the state.
In a statement issued on Wednesday by its spokesman, Chris Ishaku, the PVD described the attacks as a calculated attempts to deepen fear and division among Plateau’s diverse communities, but insisted that residents of the ...