Plateau killings: 300 persons trained in Israel to kill - Lawmakers disagree with colleague
- Lawmakers from Plateau disagreed over a statement credited to Honourable Ahmed Idris Wase
- Idris reportedly claimed that over 300 Plateau indigenes were trained in Israel to kill
- The lawmakers said Idris statement is inflammatory and may lead to further violence
A disagreement occurred between members of the House of Representatives from Plateau state over a statement reportedly credited to Ahmed Idris Wase that over 300 persons were sponsored by politicians to Israel to learn to kill people.
Wase, a federal lawmaker, told the House on Tuesday, July 3, that he has evidence that some politicians are behind the killings in Plateau state, Daily Trust reports.
He told the House that: “I was opportuned to be a member of the transition committee when this government came to power in Plateau state. I want to say this, that the security are not doing their work. They’re the causes of this matter, whether we like it or not.
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“Mr Speaker, I want to inform this House and Nigerians that about 300 people were trained in Israel, I say 300 people. It’s there in our report; we gave it to government to work on it, to find out who were sent for that training. I can tell you Mr Speaker, to date, nobody has been traced."
However, other lawmakers from the state including Senators Jonah Jang and Jerry Husseini as well as Reps Gyang Pwajok, Johnbull Shekarau, Timothy Golu, Solomon Maren, among others disagreed with Wase's statement.
They accused Wase of making inflammatory statement to increase the tension in the state.
The lawmakers said during a press conference in Abuja that the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris should not waste time to investigate Wase over the statement.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the House of Representatives declared the killings of over 200 people in about fives villages of Plateau state as genocide.
The House is also demanding for protection for one of its members, Idris Ahmed Wase (APC, Plateau), who claimed to have documentary evidence of sponsors of the killings in the state.
The lawmakers are demanding for protection for Wase to enable him to serve as a witness for the state and help fish out the perpetrators of the horrid attack.
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