By Olugbenga Salami
The Senate, on Tuesday ordered the Inspector General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu to investigate the March 29 killings in Anguwan Rukuba, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, where at least 28 people died.
Lawmakers demanded that perpetrators be arrested and prosecuted for the massacre.
They also resolved to send a delegation led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio to condole with victims and Plateau residents.
The resolutions followed a motion by Senators Diket Plang (APC Plateau Central) and Dachung Mwadkon (APC Plateau North), who decried worsening security in Kanam and Jos North.
Plang, who led debate on the motion, lamented that Plateau—once marketed as Home of Peace and Tourism—has plunged back into violence after years of calm.
He recalled attacks in Kanam earlier in March and the Anguwan Rukuba raid, which struck residents during daily activities.
The lawmaker said the assaults looked coordinated, targeting civilians in dense neighbourhoods and raising fears of escalation.
Plang also informed on an ambush along Kanam’s Garga axis that killed members of a joint security patrol.
Lawmakers warned that the crisis, with economic, ethnic and religious layers, is displacing farmers and threatening food security.
The Senate, in other resolutions urged security agencies to be proactive—set up permanent bases in hotspots, boost intelligence and use aerial surveillance to flush out gunmen.
It backed more recruitment into police and military to ease manpower shortages.
Senators held a minute’s silence and called on the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to send food, drugs and shelter to displaced families.
