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By Raymond Gukas, Jos
The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission, Rev. Yakubu Pam has warned that “Plateau can not be turned into a graveyard while we are still alive”.
He stated this in a press release signed by his special adviser, media and public affairs, Hon. Pam Ayuba Dangwong over the renewed killings in Jos north LGA where over 30 lives were lost a day ago.
He said, “I condemn in totality the gruesome killings of over 35 Plateau citizens on 25th August 2021 in midnight attacked where houses and churches were torched including a primary school in Kunga of Zangam, a village just behind Naraguta village. This scenario certainly is not what we inherit as our cherished heritage”
He tasted the government to do all within its powers to fish out those behind the killings and to ensure proper justice is done to address the in-balance in the security of each tribe and religion.
According to him, the government must realize every citizen has a right to live and must, as an imperative, be treated with fairness.
“I dare say in very strong terms the life of every tribe and kindred is equal before the eyes of God and there’s no blue, white, or black blood. All human blood runs in the same vein and is red.
“What is happening on the Plateau I consider it a deliberate attempt to annihilate a people and we must stop paying lip service to gratify the whims and caprices of sponsors of bloodletting, not in Plateau or anywhere at all”
He further called on the government to be more proactive in securing the lives of its citizens and apprehend the known culprits, serve them with justice and restore hope to the Nigerian communities.
He emphasised that the act of willful killing rising daily in Plateau state and elsewhere in the country must stop and it should be condemned by all and not be left as if it’s a concern of those reduced as second-class citizens.
“No human being is superior to the other. We all have the same measure and quantity of blood as humans created by God. we must accept this and live together as one people”
