Plateau killings: Reps PDP Caucus seeks prayers, concerted efforts

The Caucus of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives has said that concerted efforts and prayers are the only measures that can bring an end to  the violent attacks in parts of the country.

The Caucus condemned in strong terms the latest attack in Plateau state where more than one hundred lives were confirmed dead, the lawmakes, while expressing  shock over the  killing of little children in violent attacks largely suspected to be retaliatory action over lost cows.

The opposition lawmakers however condemned the Federal government’s inaction over what it described as deliberate ineffectiveness, unending criminality and free flow of human blood continue across the nation, as a result of emboldened herdsmen’s incessant bloody campaigns.

In a statement on Thursday by the Deputy Minority Leader, Chukwuka Onyema, the Caucus also condemned the Presidential Villa security personnel’s assault on a leader of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement (BBOG) and former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili on Tuesday while on a solo protest march to the State House to demand for accountability and end to the violent killings going on in the country.

It reads: “Following the gruesome killing of more than 100 persons and razing of some 50 houses, two cars and 15 motorcycles by rampaging herdsmen who wantonly invaded Razat, Ruku, Nyarr, Kura and Gana-Ropp villages of Gashish District in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state, the US Department of State joined its voice to that of numerous concerned Nigerians by expressing utter condemnation for such unjustified violence.

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“For long, the APC government that came into power on the basis of now-unrealized promises of bringing back all the abducted Chibok girls had remained rather aloof from the cries and pains of many whose states and communities had been visited with pains, sorrow and death in the hands of rampaging and armed herdsmen.

‘Activist lawyer, Femi Falana has expressed possibility of dragging the Federal Government and the Plateau State Government to the Special Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for condoning crimes against humanity and genocide while Amnesty International which notes that at least 1813 people have been murdered in 17 states in the country this year, asserts that government’s failure to hold murderers to account is encouraging them and fueling rising insecurity across the country.

“It is cause for concern that Oby Ezekwesili, the co-convener of the BBOG movement ran into trouble after she began a loud solo protest with her demands for action from the Presidency, as she asked for explanations that normally agitate the minds of many Nigerians.

“On a date that it had just been disclosed that Nigeria, under the APC government, has overtaken India in the democratization of poverty for 87 million citizens, including 11 million that lost their jobs within the last three years; Ezekwesili was asking the APC government to put an end to the endless killings by herdsmen, stop its routine blame game and reveal the identity of the perpetrators of wanton killings in Benue, Taraba, Kaduna, Zamfara, Plateau, Nassarawa and Kogi states.

“Too many needless deaths are occurring and it is time for all to feel deeply concerned; we urge all Nigerians to join hands in special prayers for the repose of the souls of those killed as well as victory against those using political power to tactically justify the activities of killer herdsmen”.

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