{"id":3457,"date":"2025-04-16T08:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=3457"},"modified":"2025-04-16T08:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:28:02","slug":"plateau-killingsngf-calls-for-peace-over-fresh-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/plateau-killingsngf-calls-for-peace-over-fresh-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Plateau killings:NGF calls for peace over fresh violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By Our Reporter<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Disturbed by fresh destruction of lives and property in parts of Plateau state, the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has condemned the continuous attack on plateau state leading to loss of lives and property innocent citizens and appealed for peace in the area.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Chairman of the Forum who doubles as governor of Kwara state,Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq said he\u00a0 was deeply saddened by reports of new violence in parts of Plateau State, leading to multiple deaths and injuries.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The governor in a statement in Ilorin on Wednesday, said,&#8221;the NGF commiserates with the Government and people of Plateau State and families of those affected, describing the development as sad and unhelpful at a time Plateau was seeing a long stretch of harmony and peace borne out of concerted efforts of government, traditional rulers, and thoughts leaders.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe call on community and religious leaders to rally behind His Excellency Governor Caleb Mutfwang to douse tension, reconcile minds, and build sustainable peace in Plateau.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We call on everyone to understand that the souls already lost are not just numbers; they are the bread winners, hopes, and pride of many families.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We call for immediate cessation of violence of any kind against fellow members of the human community,\u201d according to the NGF Chairman AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe pray for the repose of the souls of the victims and wish those injured speedy recovery, while everyone embraces dialogue and peace&#8221;, he added.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Reporter Disturbed by fresh destruction of lives and property in parts of Plateau state, the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has condemned the continuous attack on plateau state leading to loss of lives and property innocent citizens and appealed for peace in the area. Chairman of the Forum who doubles as governor of Kwara [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[2247,237,2246,238,222],"class_list":["post-3457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-crime","tag-cessation","tag-condemns","tag-continuous","tag-killings","tag-violence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3459,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3457\/revisions\/3459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}