Mr Samuel Jatau, an aspirant to the Plateau governorship seat, has urged residents of the North-Central State to unite and fight invaders seeking to seize their ancestral lands.
“`There have been too many killings on the Plateau; clearly, the invaders want to uproot the communities and take over their ancestral lands. We must unite and resist them,’’ Jatau said on Sunday in Jos.
The aspirant, in a speech at the inauguration of his campaign coordinators for the 17 local governments, particularly warned Plateau residents against viewing the attacks as targeted at a particular group.
He said that the invaders were interested in grabbing Plateau’s fertile lands, and urged the people to see the persistent attacks on rural communities as targeted at the entire state.
Quoting figures from the state government, Jatau regretted that many had been killed, while more than 20,000 people were currently in 15 IDPs camps in Riyom, Bassa, Mangu, Barkin-Ladi and Jos South Local…
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