In January 2010 some youth went on a rampage again on a Sunday at Nasarawa Gwom near St. Michael Catholic church, disrupted service, killed some and destroyed the ECWA church. When the January violence escalated to other parts of the state with huge damage to property and loss of lives, Jang imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state and mandated the security agents to enforce the order.
Besides the Dogo Na-hauwa killings, there were invasions and killings in some villages from April 2010 to November 2010 and continued till 2011. For instance in Maza village of Jos North Local Government council ,12 people mostly women and children were killed in their sleep, while in Renwienku village in the Bassa Local Government Area six people were killed. In Byei village in the Riyom council area, 17 people, mostly women and children, were killed by gunmen.
From January 2011 till date, the series of violence continued unabated despite the presence of security agents until the recent attacks on travellers at the Rukuba road in Jos which resulted in the killing of 22 persons. The incident forced the state government to impose curfew in the Jos North council area and two other LGAs, Jos South and Bassa.Major Ishaku Takwa, told our correspondent that troops were working hard to stop the killings.
A lecturer with the Department of Criminology and Security Studies, University of Jos, Dhikyilnan Bewul, who spoke with, noted that the city of Jos had been polarised along religious lines, adding that the majority of the residents only lived within the communities with members professing same religion.
“An average Plateau resident was initially scared of military presence and that is why crime would go down when they were initially sent to the state but that is no longer the case. Now, they are no longer scared of the military and that is why you will find the market women facing the soldiers because they are used to the soldiers who have been with them for a long time since the major crisis broke out some years back.
Azeez also called for more engagement with stakeholders and recruitment of vigilantes, adding “If the vigilantes are recruited and empowered with the necessary equipment, I believe they will be able to safeguard their neighbourhood and stop the frequent attacks and killing of innocent people in the communities.’’
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