Plateau Killings: Buhari set to rejig security, meets Saraki, Dogara

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday had a close-door meeting with President of the Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, over the killings in Plateau state.
The President reportedly told the lawmakers that he plans to rejig the country’s security apparatus in order to end the incessant killings.
Fielding questions from newsmen at the end of the meeting, Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, said the President briefed them about his visit to Plateau state and measures he is putting in place to ensure there is no recurrence of the ugly incidence.
He said: “We are here to condole with Mr. President, the government and people of Plateau state over this very unfortunate incident. He has briefed us on what he saw first hand when he visited Plateau yesterday (Tuesday) and measures he is putting in place to ensure that we do not have a relapse or a recurrence.
“These are very sober moments for all of us in a situation where people in hundreds are continued to be killed and we can no longer tolerate this kind of situation as a government. Whatever it is we must not loose the fight against violence because we can’t loose that fight and still keep our civilization.
“If you go to the north east you can see the level of devastation caused by Boko Haram everything resembling progress from schools to hospitals to government institutions, everything has been pulled down. And we don’t want a replication of this all over the country.
“The president has taken enough steps, these are security issues, there are not matters that you can discuss but he has told us what he is doing, the reorganization that he plans to put in place to ensure that this don’t happen. My advise to our people not just Plateau State, Benue, Zamfara, Taraba virtually some communities faced with this situation especially in the north, I think the issue of securing our communities, living in peace must be taken as a project, it is something each and everyone of us must invest in whether as traditional rulers, as community leaders, councilors, chairmen, all strata of society must invest in peace building.”
Also speaking, President of the Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki: “We met with the president to first of all commiserate with him and get a briefing from him. Part of the briefing he explained how steps are being taken to forestall reoccurrence and restore sanity because this is a great concern to him and to us also. To see what can be done with NEMA and security agencies, we will all work towards it, nobody is happy with it and we will all come together to ensure that we restore sanity.
“We commiserate with all families, it is our own intention to also go and pay our own condolence visit to the people of Plateau. Our general appeal at the end of the day is that we all live together in peace and harmony and we will continue to do our best to see that this kind of thing does not happen again.”