The senator representing Plateau North, Gyang Pwajok has applauded the Special Task Force (STF) maintaining peace in Plateau for arresting 16 cattle rustlers in the state recently. He was reacting to the recent arrest by the STF in the zone which he represents.

Pwajok said that bursting the racket would “certainly reduce future excuses for such attacks”. He added “We expect a huge reduction in such attacks, except if the conflict merchants come up with new excuses”. The senator called on the STF to go beyond the cattle racket and identify the killer squads operating in Plateau. He said “What we have always had are all manners of atrocities over cow theft; in terms of balance of scale, no human life should be compared with that of a cow”.

The senator representing Plateau North, Gyang Pwajok has applauded the Special Task Force (STF) maintaining peace in Plateau for arresting 16 cattle rustlers in the state recently. He was reacting to the recent arrest by the STF in the zone which he represents.

Pwajok said that bursting the racket would “certainly reduce future excuses for such attacks”. He added “We expect a huge reduction in such attacks, except if the conflict merchants come up with new excuses”. The senator called on the STF to go beyond the cattle racket and identify the killer squads operating in Plateau. He said “What we have always had are all manners of atrocities over cow theft; in terms of balance of scale, no human life should be compared with that of a cow”.

“The composition of the burst racket also shows that concepts such as ‘Berom’ and ‘Fulani’ have only made it more difficult to undertake any incisive investigations into the conspiracies that have led to the killings. That all groups are involved in the theft only shows that all groups may just be part of the killer squads that have unleashed mayhem on the people of Plateau North over the years”. He enjoined the STF to continue with the tempo until violence is ended in Plateau and promised to fully support them.

It will be recalled that ViewPointNigeria earlier reported of the arrest of 16 cow rustling syndicate made up of different tribes who collaborate and operate mainly in Plateau North Senatorial zone.

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Senator Pwajok applauds STF for arresting cattle rustlers