Na wah o! As the matter dey hot for Barkin Ladi, Plateau State, youths don carry body block highway wey lead to Jos, no be small thing. Dis protest, e dey happen because gunmen don attack their community and kill dem people well well. Dem no wan hear any ‘sorry’ from anybody, dem dey vex say dem don suffer too much.
One of the protesters, wey dey call Samson Godiya, dey talk say dem don tire for di wahala wey Fulani herdsmen dey bring come dem area. According to am, ‘How long we go continue dey die like dis? Enough is enough! We no fit continue like dis without anything being done.’
The protest no be small matter. As dem dey block road, people wey dey travel from Shendam and Langtang side don hold up. Dem dey wait, no be say their leg don break but dem no fit move. Na wetin be dis! Some of the protesters don make am clear say road no go open until dem catch di people wey don kill dia folks.
Meanwhile, PUNCH Online report say di death toll don rise to 10, as more bodies don dey recovered since Sunday evening attack wey happen for Barkin Ladi. Dem say seven people first dey kill for Ratatis, and di following morning, two more bodies join di list. Na wah o! Di matter dey serious!
Rwang Tengwong, wey be community leader for Berom Youth Moulders Association, no come shy to talk am. E confirm say di latest killing na serious matter and di victims dey receive medical attention as some don dey injured. People dey ask, where our security agents dey? E no dey to help when terrorists dey strike people? E be like say dem forget dem duty for house.
As di protest dey go on, police spokesman for Plateau State, Alfred Alabo, no fit pick call for comment, like say e don enter today’s match and forget im duty. Wetin dey happen na? Dem fit hide under deras bed? Shoki don enter plenty people body as government don dey gree only for mouth.
My people, dis matter no be joke, e don reach time make dem serious about di security of lives for dis country. Make dem no wait till dem kill everybody before dem go wake up. Make we dey watch as dis story unfold, because na our own we dey talk.
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