The Nigerian Army has promised to clampdown on armed bandits terrorizing residents of Plateau State and stop the incessant killings in state following the killing of three army officers by gunmen in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state.
A Major General and commandant of the unit, AUGUSTINE AGUNDU, 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.
Pained by the killing of some troops in Plateau state, the Nigerian army has vowed to lock down Barkin Ladi completely.
The army said that no human being is going to cause further havoc in that local government.
Agundu while reacting to the killing of the soldiers said “The peace on the Plateau has been disrupted to a situation that is no longer acceptable.’’
“I have declared enough is enough. What happened in Barkin Ladi will never repeat itself again.
“Whatever is going on in Barkin Ladi local government, Riyom Local Government, Bassa Local Government, Bokkos Local Government, that is enough. My troops are resolved to bring the situation decisively under control.”
He described the recent killings in the state as precarious and an act of lawlessness and vowed that the troops is set to deal with the situation decisively.
He urged leaders of Plateau communities to get their youths to decorum so that residents of the communities can go about their business peacefully and without fear.
