On the Jos South, Riyom and Barkin Ladi Killings

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"Fake herdsmen" or "fake Biroms". Over my head please! We either have herdsmen and Birom or we don't. This is not to rule out the fact that I'm aware of the new 'terrorists-tag' the media and some politicians have created for us in Nigeria.
In the Plateau context, those who know the crux of the matter hardly utter the word "herdsmen" which would mean the labeled terrorist disguised as Fulani men burning down villages and killing lives but in real sense meaning a tender of livestock. We say, FULANI.
The Fulanis are an integral part of the villages in Plateau, especially the recent affected areas of Barkin Ladi, Riyom and Jos South. Some of them, if not majority, farm instead of rearing animals. They are natives and have been there for time. Even though some tribes (Biroms especially) have issues with the Hausas in Jos North (Jassawa) in matters of who's an indigene and who's not, no well informed person can rule out the Fulani in such places. They are never passersby Fulanis. So those trying to bend this recent killings into some other narrative should have a rethink.
Fulani herdsmen
From what I gathered so far, the killings yesterday that led to the declaration of a dawn to dusk curfew by the state government didn't just started yesterday. It's a heighten counter and re-counter attacks from both the Fulanis, Biroms and other natives which incidentally surfaced to the main road killing passersby. The authorities are fully aware of this. And I believe they can only bring an end to it for as long as they take things serious or are forced to take things serious.
Why are these killings taking them long to tackle? This sort of (kill one here, one their) attacks happened in Jos North some time ago for long after the crisis. But when the authorities put in strategies, everything was neutralized. You hardly hear of killings of a certain tribe by another. And should a dead body be discovered, as it happened recently, the security are quick to take action before the hoodlums hijack the state's peace. What is the problem in these villages that could not be sort out and dealt with with immediate effect?
I call on all stakeholders, especially the Plateau State Government to really be on their feet on this. We're tired of the bloodshed. Please!
JUNE 25, 2018

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