A
group, Vigilant Democrats, on Saturday raised the alarm that there were
plans to assassinate some important personalities in Plateau State.
According to the group, those listed for
assassination are Gbong Gwom Jos; Da Jacob Gyang Buba, Gwom Rwei of
Barkin-Ladi; member representing Jos South/ Jos East Federal
Constituency at the House of Representatives, Mr. Bitrus Kaze;
Chairman, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, Mr. Emmanuel Loman; the
governor’s son, Yakubu Jang, among others.
The group’s President, Mr. Jonathan
Pwajok and Secretary, Azi Bulus Dusu, alleged at a press conference that
precisely on April 22, 2013, Kaze was trailed from his resident in Jos
by a gang of assassins.
Pwajok said the suspects, who drove in
an unmarked brown Vectra car, trailed the lawmaker from his house to UTC
Junction, along Murtala Mohammed Way.
Sensing that he was being trailed, he
said the lawmaker parked his car at a military checkpoint and remained
in his vehicle for over 20 minutes before the assassins took off.
Pwajok said Kaze’s ‘sin’ was his stand
against the granting of amnesty to Boko Haram. He added that Kaze had
been threatened by some people who were not comfortable with his
position on amnesty.
While condemning what it described as a
new wave of terrorism and assassination in the state, he said some
people had been deployed in the state to kill innocent people and
destroy property.
Specifically, he stated that were about
30 foreign mercenaries trained as kidnappers and assassins in Jos and
its environs to target key traditional and political leaders in the
state.
Pwajok said, “What saved Kaze’s life was
the fact that he drove to military checkpoint at the UTC Junction along
Murtala Mohammed Way where he parked and remained inside his car for
over 20 minutes.”
He called on the indigenes of the state
to be watchful and alert security agents immediately they notice strange
movement of people in their areas, adding that the police had been
notified of the attempt on the life of the lawmaker.
However the Police Commissioner in the
state, Mr. Chris Olakpe, who spoke to our correspondent on the
development, said he had yet to receive such report.
He said, “No such report has been lodged
in my office or in any police station and if I receive such report, it
will be thoroughly investigated.”
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