We betrayed Plateau State - Jide Oluwajuyitan
If the essence of government is the protection of life and properties of citizens, our successive governments, since 1999 should be held responsible for the travails of people of Plateau State . Beyond occasional skirmishes between herders and subsistence farmers, people of Mangu had lived in relative peace with their Fulani settlers until the institutionalisation of reign of impunity by President Olusegun Obasanjo at the onset of the 4th Republic and later by President Muhammadu Buhari and his loyal gatekeepers. Those indicted by a probe into causes of social dislocations between the two groups during Obasanjo’s presidency were left off the hook, an oversight that was to later lead to reprisal attacks. And while Buhari played the ostrich, those hiding under his government to serve other tendencies went to work. With the pacification of the north-central, MACBAN presented their demand if peace must reign in the country. In a statement jointly signed by Sal...