As the dust of the skirmishes between Hausa
and Igbo traders begins to settle, information
available to us indicates the the Governor of
Plateau State, Barr. Simon Lalong is
demonstrating exemplary leadership by reaching
out the the Igbo and Hausa communities for
urgent peace talks.
This information was confirmed to
ViewPointNigeria by one of the Governor’s aides
who said “earlier this evening, Governor Lalong
reached out to both communities and a meeting
is currently being slated for tomorrow morning at
the Governor’s office”.
It would be recalled that earlier this evening
ViewPointNigeria reported of tension between
the two communities following happenings in
Rivers state and Abia. Reports suggest that in
the early evening hour, several youths attacked
Igbo traders in Katako, Ahmadu Bello Way,
Rwang Pam, Chobe Junction and Ali Kazaure
areas of Jos North in what were said to be
reprisal attacks.
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The traders in turn staged a mini-protest/
defense and in the process, stones and hand-
missiles were hurled etc.
However, soldiers and security operatives were
swift in restoring calm, there by bringing an end
to the debacle.
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Photos From Yesterdays Clash In Jos
At the time of filing this report, calm had
returned to the entire area – albeit, the state
Governor imposed a dusk to dawn curfew to
forestall any further breakdown of law and order.
With the truce being called by the Governor
tomorrow, the expectation is that some sort of
resolution and understanding will be achieved.