Tribune Police threaten to arrest monarchs over Plateau attacks Written by Thursday, 28 November 2013 00:00 THE Plateau State police command, on Wednesday, threatened to arrest traditional and tribal leaders in the state whose domains continued to record attacks by unknown gunmen. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Chris Olakpe, the said this in Jos, at a stakeholders’ meeting with various tribes in Plateau North Senatorial zone. Olakpe debunked the claims by the leaders that the attacks were carried out by unknown gunmen. He said the police had resolved to arrest the leaders as accomplices because as custodian of the society no crime would happen without their knowledge. “The command hereby gives the Berom and Fulani traditional leaders in Barkin Ladi seven days within which to produce the perpetrators of the recent killings. The Berom leaders must produce the 120 cows rustled and those that killed the three Fulani boys while grazing cows in Foron village. The Fulani leaders should also produce those behind the killing of over 300 people in Hypang area of Barking Ladi Local Government recently,” he said. The commissioner said after the expiration of the seven days and the criminals were not produced, the traditional rulers would be arrested and charged to court. He condemned the situation where the traditional rulers and the parents had failed to expose the perpetrators of the nefarious acts in the area. He called on the Pastors and Imams not to relent in preaching peace messages in order to inculcate good moral behaviours on the youth. Mr Patrick Dangal, a Berom village head, promised that they would be up and doing in monitoring the community with a view to exposing the criminals.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:40:40 +0000
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