Speaker Yakubu Dogara
Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Yakubu Dogara has lamented the killing of 86 individuals within the Church of Christ In Nations (COClN) and Regional Church Council (RCC), in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, Plateau State.
The Plateau Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of 86 individuals in assaults on Razat, Ruku, Nyarr, Kura and Gana-Ropp villages of Gashish District in Barkin Ladi Local Government.
Reacting, in a assertion signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, the Speaker stated it was reprehensible that individuals who gathered to bury their lifeless could be gruesomely murdered in that method.
Dogara stated: “Our safety companies should rise as much as the duty of securing the lives of residents of this nation.
“The assault reportedly lasted from 1:00 p.m. midday of Friday, and lasted until about eight:00 p.m. on Saturday.
“Where was the Police and different safety companies that they failed to reply to cease the killings?
“This further strengthens my constant call for an overhaul of the entire security apparatus of this country. It just isn’t working.”