Capt. Ikedia Iweha, the Spokesman, Military
Joint Tasks Force (JTF) in Plateau has stated
that the Shiites members should blame itself for
the misfortune of Wednesday morning when
they were attacked by irate youths at Aguwan
Rogo.
The Shiites building and members were attacked
by irate youths when they staged a procession
between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. to mark the killing
of the grandson of the Holy Prophet of Islam.
The group had recounted its own version of the
incident.
But the JTF Spokesman told the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in Jos that the
task force only responded to a distressed call
when they arrived at the scene of the attack.
He said “we don’t have anybody in our custody;
all we did was to rescue those injured.
“We also gave the injured first aid and released
them thereafter.
“For anybody to accuse us of acting on an order
from above is ridiculous because there was no
such order but we did what we did to maintain
the peace.”
But Alhaji Adamu Tsoho, the leader of the
Shiites in the state debunked Iwehas claim and
called on Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau to call
the JTF, the Izala and Falafiaya Islamic sects to
order before they set the state on fire.
Tsoho made the call in Jos, saying that the
sect’s worship building was attacked by irate
youths of Anguwan Rogo in Jos North Local
Government Area of Plateau.
He claimed that “just when we were to finish
our procession as mark of mourning of the
brutal killing of the grandson of Holy Prophet of
Islam which is an annual event, youths attacked
us, with soldiers chasing our members away.
“Our over N2.5 million worship building was
attacked with part of it set ablaze and
destroyed, while equipment worth over N1
million were vandalised and carted away,” he
alleged. (NAN)