President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged the security agents on duty in Plateau State to sit up, take their task in the state seriously and stop the resurgence of violence in the state.
President Buhari reacted to the attack on Kwatas Village, Bokkos council area of the state, where 13 persons, including two women, were killed on Monday,
The President also vowed again that all forms of criminalities, including terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and associated crimes will be defeated.
The President, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said hatred, revenge and violent attacks, for whatever reason, should not be found in a multiple-cultural society like Nigeria.
He, however, called on community and religious leaders to rein in youths in the state and charge them to more peaceful and harmonious coexistence with neighbours.
“In Plateau State, gun men launched yet another bloody attack, killing innocent citizens. This shocking and sad incident should be condemned by all citizens,’’ he said.
President Buhari reiterated that “revenge, hatred and violent attacks should have no place in a multi-ethnic, multicultural and multi-religious society as we have in this country.
“The President called on community and religious leaders to counsel the youths on the need for peaceful co-existence.
“President Buhari sends condolences to families of the victims, government and people of Plateau State, and urged security agencies on assignment in the state to rediscover their act and stop, forthwith, the return of the ugly days of tit-for-tat”, the statement said.