JUSTICE FOR MR RINJI PETER BALA, JUSTICE FOR PLATEAU STATE.

I am deeply sad by the news of the killing of Mr Rinji Peter Bala in Jos Plateau State by a security personnel of the Special Task Force(STF), Plateau State.

It is sickening to note that the 300 level university student was not killed by the dreaded Covid-19 which an attempt to protect him from brought him back home from school but by a bullet deliberately shot at him by a trigger happy security personnel within the Security Taskforce Camp.

I join millions of well meaning Nigerians in condemning this dastardly act which has added to the already swollen record of high rate of extra judicial killings of innocent Nigerians by the people who are paid to protect them.

One is further saddened that excuses are heard daily for the inability of security agents to reap off Plateau State communities and many parts of Nigeria of the real criminals terrorizing them.

For a Plateau man, it’s a triple jeopardy; the killing of the youths by overzealous security men posted to protect them in the state or the inability of the security to protect the destruction of lives and property in the communities or the killings and ambushing of Plateau State combatants serving with security agencies in other states by terrorists or their colleagues.

I wish that the true representatives of Nigerians in Government, human rights bodies and indeed concerned Nigerians will not just stop at condemning this heinous criminal acts against innocent citizens but take further step towards following up on the investigation, prosecution and adequate compensation of victims.

May God comfort the family of Mr Peter Bala, University of Jos staff and students, Plateau people and government, friends and relations of Mr Rinji Peter.

The living must collectively act now before it’s too late to be part of the solution.

Kwamkur Samuel Vondip
14th May 2020.

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