The Plateau State Government has received reports of attacks on some communities in the state with great indignation.

The unprovoked killing of 6 members of two families in their home in Kungte village, Kanadap in Kuru District of Jos South Local Government Area by gunmen on Sunday September, 1, 2013, is an evil and wicked act that should be condemned by all members of society.

It is also a display of cowardice by the perpetrators who under the cover of darkness deliberately chose to visit violence on vulnerable members of society – women and children to achieve clearly devilish designs.

Such an attack, coming at a time when the state has been mostly peaceful for quite sometime appears a desperate attempt to reverse the gains of our hard-earned efforts in breaking down the barriers of ethnic and religious intolerance and thereby rebuilding the bridges of communal consensus.

The Plateau State Government has received reports of attacks on some communities in the state with great indignation.

The unprovoked killing of 6 members of two families in their home in Kungte village, Kanadap in Kuru District of Jos South Local Government Area by gunmen on Sunday September, 1, 2013, is an evil and wicked act that should be condemned by all members of society.

It is also a display of cowardice by the perpetrators who under the cover of darkness deliberately chose to visit violence on vulnerable members of society – women and children to achieve clearly devilish designs.

Such an attack, coming at a time when the state has been mostly peaceful for quite sometime appears a desperate attempt to reverse the gains of our hard-earned efforts in breaking down the barriers of ethnic and religious intolerance and thereby rebuilding the bridges of communal consensus.

Such intentions will fail because Plateau people have made up their minds to live in peace with one another – and, together with the state government and security agencies, they will frustrate every attempt aimed at taking the state back to the days of bloodshed and gloom. The current level of peace in the state is for consolidation, not evaporation!

Government shares the pains of victims of these heinous crimes and declares that those behind such acts will face justice in the long run. We call on communities to remain alert always and work closely with security agencies in the sustenance of peace.

Meanwhile, Security Agencies have intensified their cordon and search operations and will take other steps to enforce their constitutional responsibility of maintaining law and order.

PLATEAU WILL CONTINUE TO RISE!

by Yiljap Abraham

Hon Commissioner for Information and Communication

PLATEAU STATE

2nd September 2013

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Press release by Abraham Yiljap: Resurgence of attacks on communities absolutely condemnable