Chief Olusegun Obasanjo paid a condolence visit to
Plateau state over he recent killings in some
communities
- He said the government needed to punish the
perpetrators
- According to him, his administration had similar
problems
According to former president chief OLUSEGUN OBASANJO he tolk about how government can stop this killing
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has
expressed his condolence over the renewed
killing in Jos, saying the government must find
the root cause of the problem in order to provide
solution.
Vanguard reports that the former president
spoke when he visited the state on Wednesday,
June 27.
Obasanjo called on the government to deal with
the perpetrators so the people will get reprieve.
He noted that similar problem occurred during
his administration but said it was not of this
magnitude.
He said: “I’m here to express my condolences, what
happened is very sad that in this day and age this type of
barbaric act is taking place in our country. I have suggested
and I will say it again that we should find out the root
cause of this problem and deal with it
“There must be remote and immediate cause, if we deal
with it, we are not going to be multiplying condolence visits.
I believe that any human problem has human solution, I do
hope and plead with government at the federal level, those
of you in States and even local government level to join
hands even at the community level to find the causes and
deal with them permanently.
“We offer our condolences to the bereaved families, all we
can say is that God knows the best. Even in my time, we
had problems but not in this magnitude, we thought we
were dealing with them as at that time but the earlier we
deal with it, the better. I believe we can find solution, we
must find solution."
Governor Simon Lalong who is the governor of
Plateau appreciated the former president for his
visit.
He said: “Insecurity is not new to me, we thought we
could handle it. When we came in, we quickly put up a
team including Berom and Fulani. They came out with a
roadmap to proffer solutions, we adopted the
recommendations and have implemented some and was in
the process of implementing the remaining ones. We have
done our best, we have learnt our lessons, we will be very
firm.”
Meanwhile, the president of the Senate, Bukola
Saraki, has given insights into what he discussed
with President Muhammadu Buhari over the
violence in Plateau state.
Saraki and the speaker of the House of
Representatives met with Buhari on Wednesday,
June 27, at his official residence before the
president went to attend the meeting of the
Federal Executive Council (FEC).
While speaking with journalists after they
emerged from the meeting, Saraki said they
commiserated with the president and then got a
briefing from him. “ Part of the briefing is that he
explained how steps are being taken to forestall re-
occurrence and restore sanity because this is a great
concern to him and to us also,” Saraki said.
