Abisoye Panel adjourns till Jan. 11

Ambassador Godfrey Preware who represented General Abisoye throughout the public hearing said the break is to enable the members examine the evidences they received from the respondents and to allow the members to go for Christmas and New Year celebrations. He called on the people that submitted their memorandum to be patient as the committee […]

Ambassador Godfrey Preware who represented General Abisoye throughout the public hearing said the break is to enable the members examine the evidences they received from the respondents and to allow the members to go for Christmas and New Year celebrations.

He called on the people that submitted their memorandum to be patient as the committee would allow them to present their memo if they resume from the break. He also thanked the general public and the media for the cooperation they have always received from them.

Presenting his memo before the Panel yesterday, the President of the Plateau State Indigenous Association, Professor Nenfort Gomwalk, said Jos North Local Government Area was created by the General Ibrahim Babangida military administration as a result of pressure from the Hausa/Fulani communities in their effort to own the city.

Gomwalk said the real indigenes of the area opposed the creation of the local government which forced them to write petitions to then Federal Government and these led to frequent clashes between the Hausa/Fulani and the indigenes. He said the Hausa community wants to claim the ownership of Jos at all cost, adding that they have no respect for the people at the helm of affairs of government and that was the reason why they refused to appear before the judicial panel of inquiry set up by the state governor, David Jonah Jang.

In his submission on behalf of the Muslim communities in Tudun Wada area, Mallam Hussaini Isah, said 57 people were killed, 200 mosques, shops and houses were burnt and destroyed and 10,000 people were displaced in the area. Hussaini appealed to the Federal Government to pay compensation and do all they could to resettle victims of the crisis to alleviate their sufferings and give them hope in their life.