A formula to find Plateau terrorists
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If there is one place that says loud and clear that the prayer contained in the last stanza of our old anthem is yet to be answered it is Jos, Plateau State. A horrible dimension has really been added to the intractable sectarian crisis the Christmas Eve bombings that occurred there. But using our gist of this column last week as a point of instruction, I wish to say let’s seek hard-core evidence no matter what the screaming headlines suggest.
It’s unfortunate that Christian youths have already engaged in a revenge mission, killing and maiming their Muslim compatriots in the process. But it is encouraging that Governor Jang is already looking beyond the headlines to the possible hands of politicians wishing to destabilise the state. Also encouraging is the police rejection of the so-called claim of responsibility by Boko Haram. The earlier we accept that we have to dig deep to find our terrorists the better. We have to stop this tunnel vision approach to finding who perpetrators of violence in our midst are. For doing that can only be a means to provide permanent cover to terrorists, while hounding and killing innocent people instead.The late Joe Vialls, Australian investigator and internet journalist, once said the first thing to seek when trying to unravel an act of terrorism is ‘Who gains the most from this act?’ Employing the same principle here we can safely say that certainly not Plateau Muslims, who know that an inevitable reprisal will follow which always leaves them at a disadvantage. Using the same principle we can also rule out Boko Haram, who are yet to win their own alleged battle in the North East and can hardly have the means to extend it this far. In the case of this bomb blast on the Plateau, let’s leave all options open and investigate deeply, we might yet find our terrorists; far and away from the traditional suspects.
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A formula to find Plateau terrorists
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If there is one place that says loud and clear that the prayer contained in the last stanza of our old anthem is yet to be answered it is Jos, Plateau State. A horrible dimension has really been added to the intractable sectarian crisis the Christmas Eve bombings that occurred there. But using our gist of this column last week as a point of instruction, I wish to say let’s seek hard-core evidence no matter what the screaming headlines suggest.
It’s unfortunate that Christian youths have already engaged in a revenge mission, killing and maiming their Muslim compatriots in the process. But it is encouraging that Governor Jang is already looking beyond the headlines to the possible hands of politicians wishing to destabilise the state. Also encouraging is the police rejection of the so-called claim of responsibility by Boko Haram. The earlier we accept that we have to dig deep to find our terrorists the better. We have to stop this tunnel vision approach to finding who perpetrators of violence in our midst are. For doing that can only be a means to provide permanent cover to terrorists, while hounding and killing innocent people instead.The late Joe Vialls, Australian investigator and internet journalist, once said the first thing to seek when trying to unravel an act of terrorism is ‘Who gains the most from this act?’ Employing the same principle here we can safely say that certainly not Plateau Muslims, who know that an inevitable reprisal will follow which always leaves them at a disadvantage. Using the same principle we can also rule out Boko Haram, who are yet to win their own alleged battle in the North East and can hardly have the means to extend it this far. In the case of this bomb blast on the Plateau, let’s leave all options open and investigate deeply, we might yet find our terrorists; far and away from the traditional suspects.