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Olawepo-Hashim Condemns Plateau Killings, Seeks Security Reforms

by Chibuzo Ukaibe
2 years ago
in Politics
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A former Presidential Candidate and a Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has called for reforms in the security sector to halt bloodletting as was experienced recently in Plateau State.

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He stated this while condemning the Christmas Day gory killings of violence and blood-letting that occurred in some Local Government Areas of Plateau State, North Central Nigeria.

In a statement released by his media office in Abuja yesterday, Olawepo-Hashim lamented the recurring orgy of armed conflict and called for rapid security reform measures that would permanently arrest the unending waves of bloodletting at the local levels.

According to the politician, “the cowardly killing of peaceful villagers in Barkin-Ladi and Bokos, some in their sleep on Christmas day shows there is no limit to the barbarism of some people who live amongst us.

“Same Christmas day, a medical doctor helping to provide community health services was kidnapped and killed in Oloru area in Moro local Government  of Kwara State.

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“How many lives need to be lost before a rapid security reform measure that would permanently arrest the unending orgy of bloodletting at the local levels come into effect?” he asked.

As most Nigerians looked forward to the joy and happiness of Christmas Day, murderers on Sunday cowardly crept into different communities in two local governments of Plateau State and slaughtered about 72 persons in cold blood.

Even though the military said they responded to 36 distress calls from different locations in the last 48 hours, their efforts did not stop the killers from their bloodthirsty quest. A provisional toll by the local Red Cross reported 104 deaths in 18 villages in the Bokkos region.

Episodes of mass killing and destruction have occurred in Jos in 2001, 2002, 2008 and 2010. The violence has also affected other parts of the State, especially in rural areas outside of Jos when hundreds of people were killed in villages, in their fields, or while tending cattle.

The situation has defied several measures by past administrations to halt the trend. Many have blamed the crisis on many factors including disagreement over indigeneship, Jos ownership, politics, ignorance, religion, unemployment and sheer wickedness.

In order to break break the cycle of killings, Olawepo-Hashim counseled the government, at all levels, to address the root causes of the violence, which is being watered by an unhealthy tendency of inter-communal conflicts, disputes over land and resources and deep-seated ethnic tensions.

He equally maintained that perpetrators of these heinous crimes must be identified, apprehended, prosecuted swiftly and transparently, regardless of their affiliations or backgrounds. This, according to him, will send a strong message that justice is sacrosanct and impunity will not be tolerated.


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