God Is Punishing Plateau For Her Sins – Governor Jang

The governor of Plateau State, Mr. Jonah Jang, said yesterday that God revealed to him that the fratricidal crisis in the state was ‘‘because of their sins.’’

The governor said this when he led other security chiefs to visit Riyom and Barkin Ladi LGAs of the state that have been the theatre of conflicts between the indigenes and Fulani herdsmen and to condole with the people over the recent death of two lawmakers, Senator Dantong Gyang and Hon. Gyang Fulani,

Governor Jang told them that he had received a revelation from God that what has befallen the state was ‘‘the wrath of God over their sins.’’

The governor told them that if they repent from their sin, God will forgive them and restore peace in the state.

The governor remarked that the children of Israel suffered the same fate as was recorded in the Holy Bible when they sinned against God. He said that God restored the children of Israel to their rightful place when they repented of their sins and returned to God.

Governor Jang therefore charged the youths of the affected LGAs to desist from drinking alcohol and form vigilante groups for the security of lives and property.

Jang said: ‘‘I want to call on the youths to stop engaging in drinking alcohol. You should form vigilante groups to climb the rocks and hills to protect women and children in the area from being attacked.’’

Meanwhile, the chairman of Riyom LGA, Hon. Sam Gyang Audu, has alleged that Fulani herdsmen have continued to terrorise them as well as graze freely on their farmlands heavily armed, even in the presence of the security personnel without being arrested.

He said this development has created fear in the minds of the people of the area, adding that nobody goes to farm for fear of his or her life while the Fulanis allegedly destroy crops in the farm.

According to him, this development will adversely affect the harvest of this season if government fail to intensify efforts at guaranteeing the security of the farmers in the area.

“Our people no longer go to farm because the Fulanis are grazing on their farms with guns, yet security operatives are watching them and could not make any arrest. Some of them have taken over Berom farms and houses,” he said.

In his reaction, the Special Task Force, STF, commander, Maj. Gen. Henry, described the allegation as false, stressing that in the wake of the death of the two lawmakers, the military task force relocated their base to the troubled area and have mopped the area with a view to flushing out criminal elements.

He further stressed that the action will continue until the military is sure that there are no criminal elements in the area.

Source: Leadership Newspapers

7 COMMENTS

  1. Meanwhile, the chairman of Riyom LGA, Hon. Sam Gyang Audu, has alleged that Fulani herdsmen have continued to terrorise them as well as graze freely on their farmlands heavily armed, even in the presence of the security personnel without being arrested.

    THERE IS NOWHERE IN THE WORLD THAT YOU DO NOT SEE HERDSMEN. PLATEAU (RIYOM) YOU TRIED TO ELIMINATE THE HERDSMEN IN YOUR COMMUNITY, IT WAS A MISTAKE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MADE. THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT FORGET AND THEY PREPARE EVEN BETTER FOR THEIR NEXT BATTLE AFTER THE FIRST ONE WEATHER DEFEATED OR NOT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE MORE WEALTHIER THAN YOU. I PRAY FOR PEACE FOR YOU PEOPLE, BUT YOU MUST EMBRACE IT FIRST, THROUGH DIALOGUE. RATHER THAN CLAIMING RIGHT OVER SOMETHING YOU DO NOT OWN, AS LAND IS A FREE GIFT. AND THERE IS FREEDOM TO LEAVE WHEREVER YOU CHOOSE.
    – PLEASE EMBRACE DIALOGUE BECAUSE THIS PEOPLE CAN HUNT 5 GENERATIONS OF YOUR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND GRATE GRAND CHILDREN E.T.C. UNTIL THEY SEE THAT THEY HAVE ELIMINATED YOU PEOPLE. AND THE FACT IS THAT THEY ARE RICHER THAN YOU PEOPLE OOO (BIROM) PLEASE EMBRACE DIALOGUE. YOU CAN SEE YOU PEOPLE DONT EVEN HAVE FOOD LEFT, I LEARNT YOU PEOPLE HAVE STARTED EATING HUMAN BEINGS (DEAD BODIES OF THE FULANI’S YOU KILLED). PLEASE EMBRACE DIALOGUE OOO

  2. So, Riyom people should just allow the fulanis to push their animals into their farmlands and go hungry because they, the fulanis are gods to the farm owners? Wazobia or whatever you call yourself, it’s a pity that you took sides with the fulanis who wronged the farm owners who would rather cause trouble than live in peace with their landlords. I make bold to tell u that the ordinary fulani cattle rearer, though wicked, does not have such sophisticated weapons used to carryout the ethnic cleansing in Plateau State let alone use them with such expertse. Those who carried out that genocide are mercenaries hired for that purpose by the Muslims who want plateau State in particular and Nigeria as a nation, Islamised at all cost. You can use your tongue to count your teeth if you like. But, one thing I can assure you is that they failed in the past, they have failed presently and forever, they will fail because no one leave light for darkness. Rather, people leave darkness for light.

  3. Well true Nigerian, It’s very funny that you accuse wazobia of taking side, but you blindly follow in his foot steps. Didn’t you people read the story? But where as his comment was silly, yours was completely ridiculous, compounded by blatant lies and hatred. I think your name should have been FALSE NIGERIAN.

  4. You see, wot ever goes around coms around. Wen d igbos were kiled in thousands in d north gowon’s govmnt called it pogron. He bombed our women nd children even in market places nd churches then, our people were denied food hence kwoshokor nd diseases not do yet they proclaimed abandon propty over our sweat in porakot. These are some of the sins you people comited durin d war of biafra nd nig has not seen progres nd cannot see one until vengeance is divinely manifested

  5. @all.. u pple shuld not worry.. danger is looming gradually.. these fulani men are wrecking havoc everywer.. what will u say in the east(enugu) wer dey killed students in thier own farmland?! later u say they are peaceful?!!! they should continue and neva stop! one day the venom will be released.. and they will be the one to cry out to the world about foul play! when thing get out of hand.. we will meet on the battle field!!! rubbish!