By Charles
Okoh
It
is difficult to fathom whose interest Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State,
is out to serve. Governor Lalong for some inexplicable reasons has chosen to
look away while the once peaceful state has been turned into a huge killing
field. Lalong’s personal ambition, it seems, has left him satisfied with the
albatross he carries around in the name of being the chairman of the Northern
States’ Governors Forum and his desire not to upset the presidency, even in the
face of a clear threat to exterminate the people of the state.
*Lalong
June
2018, over 100 people were killed in Gindi Akwati, Ruku, Kura, Rapps, Kinshan,
Gengere, Heipang, and Gana Ropp areas of the state. The gory incident forced
Governor Lalong, who was in Abuja to attend the All Progressives Congress (APC)
national convention, to abandon the convention and return home to attend to the
situation.