Member representing Barkin Ladi/Riyom Federal Constituency, Mr. Istifanus Gyang, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the lingering crises in Plateau State so as to bring the unending attacks on innocent citizens to an end.
Gyang’s plea came as two people were killed by some unknown men on Saturday evening. Their bodies were discovered on Sunday morning.
The victims, said to be cousins and whose names were given as Ibrahim Nyam and Jimmy Pam, were said to have been ambushed and killed by unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen as they were heading to Jos from Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state.
A family member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “The unknown gunmen attacked the men and left them in the pool of their blood on Saturday evening. Both men were married and had children.”
Gyang described the ambush as “barbaric and a reign of terror” saying it was totally illegal and unlawful.
He called on President Muhammadu Buhari to give an immediate directive to the military’s high command, as he did in the case of the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East, to end the killings.
Gyang, who spoke to our correspondent on Sunday, decried the daily loss of lives in his constituency and called the Federal Government to intervene and bring the crisis to an end.
He said that thousands of lives had been lost and thousands of acres of farm-land destroyed by rampaging herdsmen.