Press Release
UPP Condemns Killings In Plateau State
We are saddened beyond description by the recent massive destruction
of lives and property of the people of Plateau State by bands of
Fulani insurgents in a well-coordinated mayhem. This is one attack too
many. This particular attack has attained the proportion of a genocide
which has put Nigeria on the world map for reasons we should all be
ashamed of.
We fervently urge President Muhammadu Buhari to pay urgent attention
to the security architecture of Nigeria. We urge the Nigeria Police,
especially the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to deploy
the same technology that he has used to crack recent armed robbery and
kidnapping criminal activities where the perpetrators escaped and
within a short time most of them were rounded up with the use of
modern technology of which the general public has applauded the
Police.
We believe that these terrorists communicate among themselves and with
their sponsors within and outside Nigeria. It is therefore
unacceptable that the Police Force that has been equipped with modern
technology has not been able to make any significant breakthrough or
made arrest of these blood hounds who have made life so short and
brutish in many parts of Nigeria.
If no urgent steps are taken to check the activities of the
insurgents, the political campaigns leading to the much expected 2019
general elections may be seriously jeopardized as no meaningful
campaign can take place in volatile and dangerous environment,
including the fact that very low and poor voter turnout will be
expected in the areas that are unsafe. Such eventuality will not only
constitute a major setback to the consolidation and growth of our
democratic process, it will also be a major minus to the improved
number of registered voters so far recorded by the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), who are looking forward to
participating in the 2019 general elections in an unfettered and safe
environment.
CHIEF DR. CHEKWAS OKORIE
NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, UPP