Government must look at the divisive indigene-settler concept
It is disconcerting that the ethnic groups in Jos and environs are again on the warpath after a lull in the widespread violence that have over the years embroiled Plateau State and left many communities desolate. The new wave of killings and the recent startling discoveries by the army in a disused mining pond in Lafendeg Du, Jos South Local Government Area is a pointer to the extent the crisis has degenerated. Yet, aside the thousands of people that have been killed and property destroyed, several families are today dislocated with countless people physically and psychologically maimed for life.
While the conflict is now almost two decades old and has thrown up a major security challenge, there is also the increasing danger of transmuting the neighbourhood into one huge canvas of banditry….
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