Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General
Tukur Buratai has revealed those sponsoring armed ethnic militia groups in Jos,
the capital of Plateau state.
Buratai said the armed ethnic
militia groups in Plateau State were supported and sponsored by elites or
elders of the state.
Buratai disclosed this on
Wednesday during the burial of three soldiers who were killed during the
violence that rocked the state’s troubled Barkin Ladi Local Government Area at
the Maxwell Khobe Military Cemetery at 3 Division Headquarters, Rukuba Jos.
Buratai, who was represented by
the Operation Safe Haven Commander, Major-General Augustine Agundu, said, “It
is evident that there exist armed ethnic militia groups sponsored or supported
by some elites and elders who deploy the misguided youths into committing the
worst heinous crimes.
“There is certainly no
constitutional provision that allows civilians to bear firearms but their
possession has become a well sort-out vocation here on the Plateau.”
Expressing regrets over the death
of CPL Effiong Mbuotidem, he said: “Human dignity has lost its value on the
Plateau.
“The troops of OPSH like all
service personnel are officially detailed to Plateau State to perform the
duties upon which they swore an oath to serve the nation.”
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