Lalong’s Aide Resigns As Gunmen Kill 10

T HESpecial Assistant to Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, Makut Mashat, has resigned his appointment over what he described as the lackadaisical attitude of the governor to security issues in the state.

Mashat, who was the Information

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Technology Assistant ( ICT) to the governor, said the present government has failed the citizens.

“The major task of government is to protect the lives and property of its citizens. Our government has failed us. Our traditional rulers have failed us. Our religious leaders have equally failed us. We cannot afford to fail the next generation.

“Each life lost in this attack must be accounted for. All perpetrators must be brought to their knees. Anything less will not be acceptable by the people of Bokkos. It is on this premise that I want to withdraw my services to the Executive Governor of Plateau State as a Special Assistant on ICT.”

He continued: “On the day I got my re- appointment as a Special Adviser, I also signed my resignation letter. It will be recalled that on the July 18, 2016, our paramount ruler, Saf Ron/ Kulere Dah La’azarus Agai was murdered in cold blood. Seven years after, no one has been arrested or brought to book despite all the protests, pleas, litigations and concerns of the people of Bokkos.

“I was one of the youths that led a protest to little Rayfield on July 20, 2016 and ended up been arrested with two of my brothers. On January 28, 2020, gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked kw at as village, killing 15 persons. I wrote an epistle lamenting with my pen, why Governor Lalong would not visit the family of the victims or even attend the mass burial.