CUPP Condemns Killings In Plateau

By Georgina Humphrey

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP has condemned the killings of more than one hundred and fifty innocent souls in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State.

This is contained in a statement by the National Secretary of CUPP, Chief Peter Ameh in Abuja.

The statement describes the killings as an act of genocide that has been ongoing for more than eight years.

“We in CUPP have watched in great shock, utter trepidation and indescribable awe the viral videos making the rounds on the massacre of more than one hundred and fifty innocent souls in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, and we hereby unambiguously and unequivocally condemn the killings as an act of genocide that has been ongoing for more than eight years” Chief Ameh adds.

According to the statement the pictures are gruesome, harrowing and heart rending.

“Women slaughtered with their babies strapped on their backs, infants who knew nothing about the root cause of the animosity between them and their killers, men and women who had been striving to make out a living and may have been looking forward to a merry Christmas and a hopeful new year”.

It explains that these killings have been going on for a long time, and it seems as if the Federal and Plateau State Governments have become defenceless and helpless and do not have any clue as to how to either nip it in the bud, or put a stop to it.

The statement urges the security agencies to be more proactive in fishing out those responsible for these killings and their sponsors and promptly bring them to justice.

It calls on President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to immediately set up a committee to look at the constitution with a view to amending it to comform with federalism and empower states to have their own internal security be it police, coast guards or vigilante amongst others to enable them effectively secure their borders.

According to the statement, CUPP commiserates with the governor and the people of Plateau State for the tragic but avoidable losses and prays God to grant rest to the souls of the deceased.

“May these killings not be repeated again, enough of these bloodshed” he states.

Edited By Grace Namiji