Plateau State governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has opined that desperate politicians are responsible for the recurring insecurity and attacks in the state.
Mutfwang made allegations while addressing a group of journalists who paid him a courtesy call at the Government House in Jos on Tuesday.
Mutfwang said the issues of terrorists and bandits unleashing violence in several communities and killing innocent people always happen during election periods, and desperate politicians sponsor it.
While referencing the Dogo Nahawa crisis on March 7, 2010, where over 1,000 people were massacred by armed terrorists, and the March 29 attack in the Angwan Rukuba community of Jos-North local government area, where over 30 people were killed, Mutfwang said the attacks were not isolated, as they also came during election cycles.
He said, “I make bold to say that the insecurity situation in Plateau State is being sponsored by desperate politicians who are out to destabilize the state. “If you noticed, this violence and attacks always peak during election cycles. What does that tell us? It is a clear indication that it is political; in fact, they are more political than terrorism”.
The Governor also cited recent attacks in Kanam, Wase and Quan Pan LGAs, which are predominantly inhabited by Muslims, reasoning that if the attackers are Muslim extremists, they would not be killing people of the same faith.
He added: “So, from our investigations, we have discovered that these attacks are being sponsored by desperate politicians who are bent on destroying Plateau. But we will not allow that to happen”.
