Jos, Plateau State – E be like say Plateau State Government don vex for soldiers wey dey for their area. Dem no gree make di soldiers chill again after dem hear say 27 farmers don buy am for last week from herders wey dey cause wahala for di state. As di matter be like dis, dem don shout say make soldiers pack their load komot make di Mobile Police Squads come take over.
Wetin make dem dey feel like dis na because di situation no dey better at all. Many pipo don die for di hands of armed herders this year, and di state government no wan see anybody wey no go fit handle di matter well. As dem talk through Chris Kwaja, wey be di special adviser on peace and security, dem call for strong investigation to find out wetin soldiers dey do wey no dey work.
Abeg, wetin you go expect? Dem dey call for better people wey fit handle di issues of security instead of soldiers wey dey just dey carry gun without any reason. MOPOL, dem believe, sabi how to handle di fight against di kind wahala wey we dey face. Kwaja talk say, “Na time to change our strategy before dem go start to cause more problems for us.” (Na true talk this o!)
Di sad story wey don happen dis past week don open many pipo eyes, as dem fit still wonder how 27 pipo go die just near military checkpoint. Di governor no fit hide him anger, e even talk say di attack wey happen for Bindi-Jebbu community for Riyom Local Government Area na serious matter wey fit have been avoided if di soldiers dem sharp for their job.
Di argument no stop for there. as Chris Kwaja dey call for thorough investigation of di military wey dey near di scene of di attack. According to dem, calm down and check how di military dey respond to di wahala wey dey happen for di community. Dem need to know if soldiers dey do their job or nah wahala dem dey cause.
Even though di state government dey express sympathy for di families wey don suffer loss, dem still dey remind pipo make dem dey vigilant and maintain law-abiding behavior. Na dem get di responsibilities to guard their communities too, no be just di military dem alone.
Except say you fit forget about di paramilitary organization wey dem call Operation Rainbow, wey don dey support di fight against insecurity since 2010. Dem dey think say if di federal government fit support dis kind of local initiative, den e go bring better security back to di area. Di governor and Chris Kwaja mention say, “Di pipo of Nigeria deserve better environment and na di federal government responsibility to ensure say dem dey protect lives.”
As di tension dey high and di communities dey mourn their dead, one thing clear: Plateau State need new approach to dis security matter. Those wey fit carry out di orders and ensure say peace return go be di key to dis problem. E go beta if dem fit settle di wahala without too much ‘gbegborun’. (And na wetin everybody dey hope for!)
