Plateau senator slams NIPSS DG over ‘Berom militia’ comment

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The lawmaker representing Plateau North Senatorial District successful the National Assembly, Senator Pam Mwadkon Dachungyang, has slammed the Director General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, Professor Ayo Omotayo, for allegedly making derogatory comments astir the Berom people.

During a tv interrogation on Friday, Omotayo had, portion responding to a question connected the individuality of gunmen who person attacked the instauration connected 3 occasions successful the past 2 weeks, referred to the attackers arsenic “Berom militias”, a remark that has drawn reactions and condemnation from antithetic quarters.

While reacting to the interrogation successful a connection connected Saturday, Senator Dachungyang slammed Omotayo implicit the remarks, describing them arsenic an insult not lone to the Berom radical but besides to Plateau State, wherever the instauration is located.

Dachungyang, who said helium categorically rejects the DG’s claims, argued that immoderate effort to mischaracterise the Berom radical oregon immoderate different taste nationality connected the Plateau, volition beryllium rejected.

“The individuality of the Berom radical is profoundly rooted successful values of integrity, hospitality, communal harmony, and their peaceful quality towards their neighbo...

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