Plateau lawmkaker alleges ethnic cleansing as Benue monarchs deplore insecurity

Police drum support for community policing in N’east

From Adamu Abuh ( Abuja), Njadvara Musa ( Maiduguri) and Samson Kukwa- Yanor ( Makurdi)

THE member representing Mangu/ Bokkos Federal Constituency of Plateau State in the House of Representatives, Solomon Maren, has alleged ethnic cleansing of his constituents.

He told reporters at the National Assembly complex in Abuja, yesterday, that his position was based on the seeming inaction of security agencies to curtail the wanton killings in his con - stituency.

Maren said: “We need help from every quarter. The people are helpless.

Our people are being killed and slaughtered like chickens on a daily basis. Must everyone be killed before action is taken, and of what essence would that be? It is time for government to act now and fast.”

The lawmaker warned that if nothing is urgently done, the situation might escalate and throw the entire state into chaos.

Challenging government to discharge its primary responsibility of securing life and property, Maren stated that it behooved the Inspector General of Police, Chief of Army Staff and other relevant agencies to mobilise more personnel and investigate the root causes with a view to bringing the culprits to book and restoring normalcy in the area.