More trouble in Jos

Troubled Plateau State experienced yet another wave of violence in the early hours of Wednesday, March 17, with at least 11 people killed in Riyom, just outside Jos, state radio was reported as saying. Speaking to NEXT over the phone, Davou Rwang, a resident of Jos, said, "It is true. We heard 11 people have been killed in Ryom, just outside of Jos." Another resident, who lives around Jos and asked not to be named, told us that the attacks were carried out by some groups. "There were carried out by three groups because three villages were attacked," he said. “They also set houses ablaze." The police said they have begun investigating the incident. This latest killing comes only days after the Army said it had intercepted a truck conveying 44 people suspected to be militants, on their way to Jos. Jos was rocked by violence 10 days ago, when mostly women and children were killed at night, in another settlement just outside the city. The March 7 violence occurred weeks after hundreds died in four days of sectarian violence. 234next U know what people, its so maddening and that this carnage, abuse of humanity and abject disregard for the rights of hapless children and women is becoming an everyday episode in our collective drama as a people. The question really is; are we in a failed state where anarchy is the menu of our everyday meal. U will agree with me that when "things fall apart the centre will not hold and mere anarchy is loosed upon the land". This really sums upour present state or predicament as a nation. hw sad and grievous for a nation to have the kind of 'leaders' that presently have become a curse rather than a blessing to us as a people. People as INEC begins its propaganda towards how ready it is to conduct the 2011 elections, its about time we refuse this continued abuse of our rights to good governance and rape of our humanity. Lets arise and support change 2011. We have paid too much sacrifice with the deaths of helpless children in the Jos massacre with aborted destinies.