THE KUBWAT, FUNGZAI DAWN ATTACK: ONE TOO MANY 16.05.2023.

We are yet again awoken to the sad event in Kubwat and Fungzai villages, Kombun District, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, where some armed gunmen attacked the community shooting sporadically.

These merchants of death left in their trail a yet to be ascertain number of persons dead, including women and children. The dawn attack in Kubwat and Fungzai, which created a state of pandemonium in the locality as well as neighbouring local government areas, is one too many incidents of unprovoked attacks recorded within the last two months in Mangu LGA and other places.

While we commiserate with the victims and their families, the Plateau Peace Building Agency (PPBA) joins the Mishkaham Mwaghavul and all people of good conscience to condemn in totality this senseless destruction to lives and property in the affected communities.

Consequently, we call on community leaders at all levels to check the influx of persons with questionable character into their communities while working closely with security agencies to weed out bad elements from their midst. We encourage our communities to be vigilant at all times and to act in ways that can help prevent or wade off attacks from such marauders.

For the fact that these renewed violence is coming at a time that the Christendom has just celebrated the Holy Season of Easter and the Muslim faithful are still observing the Holy month of Ramadan speak volumes of the character and personality disposition of these unscrupulous elements who do not mean well for the state and its citizens.

TFinally, we call on the security agencies to do the needful by not only arresting the perpetrators but also acting on credible intelligence to mitigate against the risk of future attacks.

JOSEPH LENGMANG,
Director General,
Plateau Peace Building Agency (PPBA).
May 16th, 2023.