From Yakubu Busari, Jos
The embattled Chairman of Jos South Local Government Council of Plateau State, Gideon Davou Dandereng has disclosed the killings in in Plateau State communities are sponsored by high profile Nigerians for land acquisition purposes
Davou made this known in an interview with Journalists at his Rantya residence in Jos South LGA, Plateau state.
He said that while many of the attackers were criminals, there was notable evidence that the mission is to dominate the economic space of Plateau and displaced communities from their ancestral homes.
He said, “apart from the criminal aspect, the spree of attacks and killings of innocent people Plateau State has a long- term plan underground to overrun the people and took over the land.
“I want to say this without fear or favour that this is not about criminality but land grabbing and to take over the control of their economy of the people after displacing them from their ancestral home land “.
Gideon maintained that the non- state actors involved in the killings were sponsored by a high- profile Nigerians.
He emphasised that “mining activities in the state, and by extension in Nigeria at large are being targeted and hijacked by foreigners which is a clear indications that the Middle Belt region is technically under threats of attacks.
On whether he was collaborating with his counterparts in government in the state to tackle the problems head on, the Chairman of Jos South who is among his colleagues challenging their unlawful removal as democratically elected chairmen of their respective local government, answered that though ethnic diversity in the country may pose a major stumbling block to addressing the challenges, “we all have a duty to be patriotic and call a spade a spade so that we can move forward as a nation.”
