Buhari gives military 10 days to flush out criminals terrorising Plateau
By Rasaq Adebayo
President Muhammadu Buhari has given the military 10 days to flush out gunmen causing mayhem in various communities in Plateau State.
Plateau has been going through a crisis with several citizens being killed by marauders who attack different communities in broad daylight, steal, kill, rape and destroy farmlands.
Communities in Riyom and Bassa Local Government Areas are worst hit. It was gathered that in one of the invasions, on July 31, 5 locals died and 85 buildings were set on fire at Jebbu Miango.
The Army scrambled a rebuttal after some natives declared that Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, the General Officer Commanding 3 Division in Rukuba was on an “evil mission”.
Ali, Commander of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), was accused of acting on an “order” to wipe out the Miango chiefdom.
It was learnt that the president approved a special operation after a comprehensive security report by the National Security Adviser’s office.
General Ali conveyed the directive on Monday while addressing the troops deployed in the Tangoron community of Riyom LGA.
“The Commander-in-Chief, President Muhammadu Buhari has asked us to gun down anybody seen carrying an illegal weapon and we must carry out the order. Those people must be criminals. You have to go into the bush and clear them wherever they are hiding”, he said.
