For Wednesday, June 11, 2025, youths for Plateau State don raise big alarm as gunmen don kill 58 pipo and burn 82 houses for Riyom Local Government Area.
Di mata don turn serious gbege wey dey scatter families and communities for di area.
Youths Talk for Press Conference
For Jos, di state capital, on June 10.
Di chairman of Plateau Youth Council for Riyom branch, Zang Davou, talk say di situation na big humanitarian disaster.
E yan say thousands of pipo don lose their homes, get injured, or even die because of di attacks.
Davou beg for urgent help from government, international community, and human rights groups.
E talk say: “Di silence on dis systematic killing and destruction for Riyom dey deafening.
We need firm attention, advocacy, and intervention now.”
Gunmen Na Armed Fulani Militias, Say Youth Leader
Zang Davou accuse armed Fulani militias as di pipo wey dey carry out this violence since 2002.
E talk say: “For over 20 years now, Riyom don dey suffer relentless and planned attacks by these armed Fulani militias.
Dem dey kill our pipo anyhow, destroy our communities, burn our houses, and destroy our farms.”
E explain say dis violence no be by accident, but na planned campaign to grab land and destroy pipo livelihood. E yan:
“Our farmlands wey be life source don dey destroyed.
Our ancestral lands don dey taken without any reversal, even though laws dey protect us.”
58 pipo Don Die, Many Injured
Within di last few weeks, 58 innocent pipo don die.
These pipo na fathers, mothers, children, and youths wey dem kill without mercy.
Some of di gunmen even dey use di victims’ phones dey answer their calls, show how dem dey control di area.
Davou also talk say 31 pipo dey hospital now, dey fight for their lives, but many hospitals no get enough resources to treat them well.
Houses and Farms Burnt, pipo Displaced
More than 82 houses and properties wey worth millions of naira don burn down.
Large hectares of farm land don also dey destroyed, and dis one mean say many pipo no get food or way to survive.
More than 15,000 pipo don comot from their homes, dey live for street or inside camps without shelter or food.
Di community dey suffer plenty hardship.
Government Efforts No Reach
Davou talk say government and security agencies dey try small, but e no reach.
E yan: “Government suppose protect lives and property, but for Riyom, dis responsibility dey challenged.
Our pipo life and livelihood dey in danger.”
E urge government to deploy more security forces, especially Naija Mobile Police, to protect vulnerable communities.
Youths Don Tire, Dem Want Peace
Di youths talk say dem strong but dem don taya.
Dem don tire bury their pipo, dem don taya see their land and homes destroyed, and dem don taya live in fear.
Davou talk say: “We believe say Naija fit get peace and prosperity, but peace must start for our homes and communities.”
Controversy and Public Outcry:
• Many dey blame government for not doing enough to stop di killings.
• Some dey accuse security forces of failure or complicity.
• Human rights activists dey call for urgent intervention and justice.
• Some politicians dey use di crisis for political gain, make mata worse.
• Di crisis dey raise questions about ethnic tensions and land disputes in Naija.
Riyom Crisis Na Serious Matter Wey
Government Must Solve Now
Di killing and destruction for Riyom no be small thing.
Di youths and people dey cry for help as dem dey lose everything.
Di government gots to wake up, deploy security, and bring peace to the area.
If no action take now, more lives go lost and Naija peace go suffer.
Dis crisis dey show how ethnic violence and land disputes fit destroy communities if government no handle am well.
Naija dey watch to see if this tragedy go end or if e go continue to dey spread.
Make government, security agencies, and international community join hand to stop dis madness and bring hope back to Riyom people.
Di lives of thousands dey depend on quick action now!
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