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Laven
The Commissioner for Housing and Urban development in Plateau State, Ubandoma Joshua Laven has charged the citizens of the state to imbibe 24 hours surveillance as he advocated for the introduction of state police in borders communities towards monitoring and checking all routes connecting to villages.
He called on the Plateau people to stop gathering to mourned their slaughtered brethren by fulani militias fighters anytime they strike in the state .
Joshua disclosed this at the Secretariat Round about during the Plateau Youth Peace G17 candle light ceremony to commensurate the death of the recent killings in Barkin-Ladi, Riyom,Mangu and Wase LGAs .
Laven stated that as the former Local Government Council Chairman of Langtang North, the southern zone people have a well organized security network between Langtang South, North and Kadarko District to checkmate the influx of militias fighters marauding in the night .
He said,” we can’t continue with this attitude of gathering together and wearing black attires in the name of mourners but as a people we have to take urgent step to keep vigilant of what is happening around us .
According to him, the Tarok people 25 years ago took surveillance of the security network to ensure that their communities is safe throughout the night and daylight and nobody goes to sleep .
Laven stated that “we need a local security settings and let us stop deceiving ourselves because a man from Kano or Enugu state will never understand the security situation in Plateau State in Wase , Langtang North, so they won’t go there to protect you from the attackers .
“A man from Mikang ,Wase will surely understand what I am talking about because it is our terrace, all our mountains top from Mararaba Jarmaa towards Hawa Kibo slum who will understand the hills better than the local vigilantes; they’re the one that are saddle with the responsibility but they’re not empower .
“We are here crying , they said security is everyone business then why are we not involve in the protection of our lives ,why not involve Plateau Youths to work , the hour has come for us to stop crying and stop wearing black clothes mourning while our killers those that are committing this act of crimes are celebrating while we are here and those that are killing are gone .
“We never see them again , they butchered, massacred and slaughtered our aged,children,women and a two months old child was shot with AK47 raffle. Then what is his own crime ? Does he sees us here crying. I don’t think that is the solution ,”Ubandoma Joshua lamented .
He pledged unalloyed loyalty to the federal government and asked, “to allow our people take charge of the security network so it is time to allow the state to take control of the security .
Ubandoma Joshua stressed that the genocide started in 1998 in Plateau Southern Senatorial District and urged the people of Plateau North and Central Senatorial zones to organize 24 hours surveillance by taking proactive measure to end the attacks for the past 25 years the Southern Plateau have been keeping night watch on the attackers.
The Commissioner lambasted politicians, saying that he no longer envies political ” because everyone stand as an accuse person now.”
