Plateau youths reject petition alleging bias in security operations, back crackdown on criminals

Plateau youths person rejected a petition alleging bias and discriminatory information operations against Fulani communities, urging the Federal Government not to discontinue ongoing operations against transgression elements successful the state.

The Coalition of Plateau Indigenous Youth Bodies made its presumption known successful a connection presented astatine a property league astatine the Nigerian Union of Journalists’ nationalist secretariat successful Abuja connected Wednesday.

The conjugation was reacting to a petition dated October 5, 2026, signed by Mudahid Abdullahi connected behalf of the Plateau chapters of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria, GAFDAN, Fulbe Youth Development Association, FUYODA, and others.

The petition accused information agencies, peculiarly the Department of State Services, DSS, of alleged killings, abductions, cattle rustling, poisoning and shooting of cows belonging to members of the Fulani community.

The youths besides criticised a video circulating connected societal media which alle...