Nigerian Army Expresses Anger As Three Soldiers Killed on Plateau

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The Nigerian Army has promised to clampdown on bandits terrorising residents of Plateau State and stop the incessant killings in state following the killing of three army officers by gunmen in Barikin Ladi Local Government Area of the state.
Augustine Agundu, a major general and commandant of the unit, confirmed the killings to journalists at the unit’s headquarters in Jos saying the soldiers were attached to Operation Safe Haven, a multi-security taskforce maintaining peace in the state.
He described the recent killings in the state as precarious and an act of lawlessness. He vowed that the troops is set to deal with the situation decisively.
“What I want to say categorically is that the situation in the Plateau is becoming more precarious than expected,” he said.
“Since the unfortunate incident in June this year, with all the effort being made to bring understanding, the situation is getting out of hand.
“Often times, we are having a lot of crises where deliberate and well planned crises are organised against innocent people so that peaceful coexistence would be disrupted. This is no longer acceptable.
“I condemn all the act of violence that is going on in the Plateau. We have been engaging constructively with leaders at all levels; including religious, political and community leaders.
“I have lost three men. They were killed in action as a result of cycle of violence that resurfaced again. The worst of it is the proliferation of arms in the Plateau that is out of magnitude. There is no nation where you use crime to fight crime.
“I am saying this emphatically that enough is enough. I have declared that enough is enough. What happened in Barikin Ladi would not repeat itself again. I have locked down Barikin Ladi completely. No human being is going to cause trouble again.
“Whatever that is going on in Barikin Ladi, Riyom, Bassa and Bakkos LGAs, that is enough. That is the message I want to send out. I have said it in the meeting we have just had that all leaders should sit their youth to civility and decorum so that the ordinary man could live peacefully.
“Plateau is a state of peace and tourism and asked them that they should return to that slogan.”

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