Plateau Killings: Lalong asks security agencies to track down arsonists

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has asked security agencies to dominate areas that were affected during the recent killings in Miango, Bassa Local Government Area of the state.

In a press release signed by Dr. Makut Simon Macham, Director of Press and Public Affairs to the Governor, Lalong commiserated with the families of those affected and promised that those involved in the killing would be brought to justice.

The statement reads: “The Plateau State Government is once more irked by the spate of killings and arson witnessed recently in some villages of Miango, Bassa Local Government Area of the state.

“The Governor, Rt. Hon. (Dr.) Simon Bako Lalong, KSGG is saddened by the development. He commiserates with the families of those affected and has ordered the security outfits in the state to dominate these areas while thorough investigation be carried out to ascertain those behind the attacks and bring them to justice to serve a deterrence.

“Governor Lalong has further directed the State Emergency Management Agency to step in to ascertain the extent of damage and casualties as well as provide immediate relief materials to cushion the effect of this condemnable act of man’s inhumanity to man while lasting solutions are sought.

“He has also directed the Peace Building Agency (PBA) and the Plateau State Inter-religious Council (PSIRC) to dialogue with the warring communities with a view to curbing such occurrences in the future.”