By Olayemi Esan
The National Chairman,
Ulama Council of Jamatu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Ikamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS),
Sheik Sani Yahaya Jingir, has called on Muslims across the country and
Plateau State, in particular, to remain calm.
Sheikh Jingir said
though the killing was painful, Muslims must not take laws into their
hands but demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of the
perpetrators.
“This is not the first time Muslim travellers are
attacked and killed along major roads. Why should people continue to
perpetrate such dastardly acts and go free? it is uncalled for,” he
said.
Condemning what it described as renewed violence in Plateau
State, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday advised religious
and traditional leaders to impress on their people to exercise restraint
and not take the laws into their hands.
The ACF National Publicity
Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe in a statement issued in Kaduna said since
Simon Lalong assumed duty in 2015, Plateau had been relatively peaceful.
The
Forum urged security agencies to take their responsibilities seriously
adding that cases of breach must be investigated speedily and the
culprits brought to book in the courts of law. “It is the only way to
stop a breakdown of law and order in communities, the state of Plateau
itself and the country,” he said.
Also, the national body of Miyetti
Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) yesterday thanked
security agents for the arrest of 20 suspects.
While urging for
restrain, MACBAN National Secretary, Baba Othman Ngelzarma said the fact
that a procession was brazenly carried out in front of the police
headquarters without being stopped was an indication of dereliction of
duty on the part of the police force.
“Had they been stopped earlier on, the dastardly carnage would have been stopped,” he said.
The
group demanded full accountability before, during and after the
incidence and urged the federal government to assist the victims and
their families with medical bills and palliatives.
The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission, Rev. Yakubu Pam had also expressed sadness over the killings.
A
statement signed by Pam’s media aide, Pam Ayuba said the ES who is
currently in Jordan on pilgrimage was highly disturbed and worried with
the sad news of the mayhem unleashed on commuters on the Rukuba Road of
Jos north local government area.
