Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State, North Central Nigeria has warned that the nation may become another Somalia if serious steps were not taken to curb the spate of killings and other forms of violent crimes.
Gatekeepers News reports that Mutfwang said this when he received former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogora in Jos, the state capital on Saturday.
Dogora led some serving and former members of the House on a condolence visit to the state following the recent massacre of about 200 people in Bokkos, Mangu and Barkin Ladi local government areas by terrorists.
Mutfwang expressed gratitude to the former Speaker for always identifying with the state and urged him not to be silent but to keep pushing for the interest of the people.
The Plateau Governor said, “There is a deliberate orchestrated plan to cause mayhem to discomfort us. We may be knocked down, but we are not knocked out. Our spirits are not broken. God has placed us where we are, and He will preserve us.”
Mutfwang, who expressed regret that the killings had continued unabated on the Plateau for many years, noted that Nigeria risked becoming like Somalia if the security challenges confronting it were not addressed.
He said, “It is unfortunate that this circle has continued for years. We are praying that as a nation we will get it right so that we toe the path of justice that we don’t allow people to slip into self-help because once we allow the people to go into self-help, we will become another Somalia.
“There is an economy that has been built around this insecurity. We need to know who the financiers are and who paid for the hundreds of AK47 rifles. Where did they get them from.”
Earlier, Dogara urged the President to rise to the occasion and use every available coercive apparatus to locate the perpetrators and sponsors of violence across the country and bring them to justice.
The former Speaker maintained that those responsible for the genocide and orgy of violence were out to end the ways of life of Nigerians and must be stopped.
