Plateau Killings motivated by land grabbing conquests – cleric

Gideon & Para-Mallam Peace Foundation has said the recent attack in Plateau State communities where over 155 people were killed during Christmas day was clearly motivated by genocidal intent, land grabbing and occupation by conquest.

The organisation also warned the Federal Government not to reduce itself to an entity, which only issues condolence statements with no tangible results while carnage continues accross the country.

Founder and Executive Director of the foundation, Rev. Dr. Gideon Para-Mallam, in a statement on Friday, described the Christmas Eve attacks as a terrible genocide being window dressed to look like a clash between farmers and herders.

According to him, “what we have is a deadly situation in which Armed Fulani herdsmen described sometimes as Bandits but in a real sense, terrorists who attack other ethnic nationalities in some parts of the State and in most Middlebelt communities. Sadly, a false and misleading narrative is created while rivers of blood continue to flow.”