Nasarawa: Military intervention yielding results
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, has the described the military intervention in some parts of Nasarawa State as successful and yielding positive results and that normalcy was gradually returning to the affected areas.
The minister, who expressed optimism that the violence would soon be permanently tackled, said government would continue to monitor the situation and make adjustments where necessary.
“We do not want to bring politics into what is happening in Nasarawa State; I have always advised politicians to be forthright in all that they do.
“We are happy so far with the results we have got in the last few days of our intervention and we are monitoring the development very closely.
“By the special grace of God sustainable peace will definitely return to Nasarawa State,’’ Mr. Maku said.
He said the Federal Government would work with the relevant authorities at all levels to ensure that those displaced by the crisis return to their homes in the shortest possible time.
He enjoined leaders at all levels must shun violence and all forms of destructive tendencies by their supporters. “There is no leader of substance that will support the destruction of lives and property anywhere.
“No ethnic group in Nasarawa State is an island; we must all work together for the progress of our state. “We are calling on all communities to work on their members to ensure that the present spate of violence is tackled and peace entrenched because government will not tolerate destruction of lives and property,’’ Mr. Maku said.
He urged indigenes of the state to support the transformation agenda of the Federal Government so as to alleviate the sufferings of the people of the state.
