Mutfwang also argued that the attacks and killings are beyond fighting for limited resources.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has alleged that recent killings in his state are genocidal, adding that they were sponsored.
He made this known on Tuesday, while featuring on Channels Television’s programme, ‘Politics Today’.
Several media outlets had earlier reported that over 50 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in recent weeks in Plateau State.
The assailants struck in several communities in the Bokkos Local Government Area of the state, displacing many and leaving a trail of destruction behind.
The attacks are the latest in a series of assaults on the North-Central state, which has, in the past, recorded similar incidents.
While some political analysts and people in the state linked the attacks to fight for resources between farmers and herders, Gov Mutfwang refuted the claims, arguing that the killings are beyond fighting for limited resources.
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According to him, the attacks are carried out by some unnamed terrorist groups, who are being sponsored to wipe off communities in the state.
“I can tell you in all honesty that I cannot find any explanation other than genocide sponsored by terrorists.
“The question is, who are the persons behind the organisers of this terrorism? This is what the security agencies must help us to unravel.
“We must come to the point where we know the sponsors because it is not just the work of ordinary people. This is being sponsored from somewhere, and I am sure that in the coming days, the security agencies will work together – not at cross purposes but in unison – to be able to bring out the requisite intelligence that will help us to put this matter behind us,” Mutfwang said.
