President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday got briefings on the latest security situation in Plateau State from Governor Simon Lalong.
Lalong briefed State House correspondents at the end of the closed door meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said โMy meeting with the President was the usual briefing. Well I have a great assignment; one, Mr President made a very timely intervention, not only him coming, I saw the Vice-President came and less than 24 hours the President was also in my state and I saw that kind of concern, that helped and encouraged me and we did our best to nip the crisis in the bud.
โSo, after a while, now that there is relative peace in that place itโs my responsibility to come and say `thank youโ to Mr President, give him a brief and if there are other issues I will also discuss with him,โโ he said.
He said his administration had submitted some proposals and recommendations to the Presidency towards addressing the challenges facing the Plateau State including the killings occasioned by conflicts in the state.
While expressing satisfaction over the outcome of the meeting between President Buhari and the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), he said that the problems in Plateau had gone beyond the issue of `blame gameโ.
He said that all well-meaning citizens of the state must unite and confront the common enemies who were bent on causing chaos and mayhem in the state.
Lalong confirmed that already suspects had been arrested in connection with the recent killings in the state.
He announced the Stateโs amended Penal Code meant to strengthen criminal justice system in the state would be signed into law next week.
