The All Progressives Congress has warned that Nasarawa State may become another trouble spot in the country.
The party therefore called on the Federal Government to act fast to prevent the state from becoming another trouble spot in the country, saying the mindless violence being perpetrated by the Ombatse cult/ethnic militia in the state is fast getting out of control.
The party therefore called on the Federal Government to act fast to prevent the state from becoming another trouble spot in the country, saying the mindless violence being perpetrated by the Ombatse cult/ethnic militia in the state is fast getting out of control.
In a statement in Lagos on Monday, the APC’s interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said failure to act fast might see the state, which has the longest stretch of border with the Federal Capital Territory, plunged into a crisis that would have a far-reaching effect beyond the state.
Mohammed said, ‘’How has a vicious cult become a sacred cow that can so easily mow down security operatives without consequences?
“Why does the FG need to wait before there is a conflagration before embarking on a panic deployment of troops to the areas hit by the latest attack by the Ombatse cult in Nasarawa? These and other questions are now being asked by right thinking Nigerians within and outside the state.
“Unfortunately, the insinuation in certain quarters now is that the Federal Government has deliberately delayed action in bringing the cultists to justice for the crimes they have perpetrated or in stopping them from committing further atrocities because it wants the situation to deteriorate so it can then benefit from the chaos by taking over the state, either by hook or crook.”
He said that the Eggon ethnic group boasts of powerful sons, who are in government, adding that this could be the reason why dangerous killing machine are being allowed to enter the state.”
He said while the APC was not suggesting and would not support an unbridled use of force that might inflict collateral damage on innocent citizens, it believed that bringing to justice the perpetrators of crime among the cultists would be a good starting point.
