A high-powered fact-finding committee’s report on recent attacks across Plateau State has been provided by the Plateau State Government, which has revealed disturbing details of the state’s history of violence that has lasted for more than 20 years.
Major General Rogers Nicholas (rtd.), chairman of the committee, Jos, who will present the report. Between 2001 and 2025, Plateau State’s over 420 communities were attacked, resulting in the deaths of nearly 12, 000 people and the displacement of thousands more.
General Rogers explained that the committee visited affected communities in all 17 local government areas and made use of security officials, traditional rulers, community leaders, and civil society organizations.
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According to their findings, the crisis has been fueled by ethnic mistrust, land disputes, kidnappings, cattle rustling, and illegal mining. As infiltration routes for attackers, porous borders with neighboring states were also discovered.
He noted that armed Fulani militias were frequently blamed for the coordinated attacks, even though other criminal elements were also at play.
Plateau is unable to continue operating after nearly 420 communities were attacked and nearly 2,000 people lost their lives. According to General Rogers, this report offers a roadmap for peace, healing, and rebuilding.
Governor Caleb Mutfwang described the incident as a turning point in efforts to put an end to decades of insecurity on the Plateau after receiving the report.
“I was called a liar and an alarmist when I first spoke about this crisis.” The governor claimed that the governor’s statement provides unquestionable proof of the truth because only the truth can free our people.
Governor Mutfwang said his administration would compile the findings and send them to the President and other relevant authorities for immediate response, adding that they would not be disregarded.
This report won’t go unread in the books. We seek solutions rather than disagreements. For too long, development has been slowed down by insurgency and insecurity. He urged that something had to change.
Comprehensive findings, recommendations, and memoranda from Plateau State’s affected communities are included in the two-volume report.
Source: Channels TV
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