Northern CAN condemns herdsmen killings, urges FG to find permanent solution

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- Northern Chirstian Association of Nigeria has spoken out against herdsmen killings

- The association called on the federal government to put in more effort to combatting the crises

The chairman of the Northern Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Yakubu Pam, while lamenting the killings by suspected herdsmen, called on the federal government to intensify the efforts to combat the violent killings.

The Sun reports that Pam, who spoke on Monday, March 20, in Jos, condemned the re-emergence of insecurity in Plateau State, after two and half years of Governor Simon Lalong’s effort in restoring peace in trouble spots.

He said: "I condemn the wanton destruction of lives and property of the rural people of Plateau state in Irigwe Chiefdom of Bassa and Daffo Districts of Bokkos Local Government Area.

“The development in Plateau, in the last one week, is unacceptable and should be condemned by those who love and cherish peace on the Plateau.

“We have had a similar episodes in Benue, Taraba, Zamfara and other communities in the North. Something urgent should be done before the people are wiped out."

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NAIJ.com earlier reported that Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, has pleaded with federal government to upgrade the Exercise Ayem A’ Kpatuma or Cat Race to a full military operation to effectively check the ongoing killings in the state’s rural communities.

Ortom, who made this statements on Monday, March 20, while inspecting four Internally Displaced Persons ( IDPs) camps at Abagena in Makurdi, said full army presence in the state may help to prevent the attacks.

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