Over 20 persons have been killed in Mangu local government area of Plateau State forcing an imposed curfew in Fungzai and Kubat communities in Bwa; a new district created in Mangu.
foreign mercenaries are now being fingered by the governor elect Mutfwang who disclosed that the incident of incessant attacks in the state is perpetrated by foreign mercenaries as has been the case in the past.
According to him, he is not in the best position to speak about the crisis since he is yet to be sworn in,
I can assure you that these people are brought in from outside those communities.
The specifics of who the mercenaries are sketchy as the governor elect assured the people of the state of deepening his resolve to end the crisis.
In his words,
I don’t have exact details to give you at the moment. But all the years down the line, a lot of their identities have been revealed that these are not Nigerians and they have been brought in as foreign mercenaries.
Argument:
He was quoted to have said;
The purpose of those who perpetrate the attack may just be because they are hirelings. I want to ask: who is the person that is sponsoring them? Who is instigating them? What is his aim?
Sometimes, it is difficult to disabuse your mind that this is not about land grabbing. The communities that have been displaced by now, it is not as if they are vacant. Some people are occupying themWe think it has a lot to do with land grabbing. It has a lot to do with demarketing of the state because I can tell you that the security situation in the Plateau is not the worst in the north,” the newly-elected governor said. “But there has been a lot of demarketing of the Plateau.
The governor-elect also promised to work for the people, and protect its resource for the greater good.
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