Security expert counters Mutfwang on insurgency in Plateau

Zagazola Makama, a security analyst and expert in the Lake Chad region has countered Governor Caleb Mutfwang on the insurgency in Plateau State.

Makama in a statement on his official X account on Saturday called on Governor Mutfwang to stop the hypocrisy and face the root of the crisis in Plateau State.

“So now, Governor Caleb Mutfwang and his government have suddenly discovered that soldiers are no longer effective, and that mobile police officers yes, the same overstretched MOPOL will magically solve what years of denial and silence have failed to address. How convenient,” Makama wrote.

“Let’s be blunt: the security situation in Plateau State is not failing because soldiers are stationed in the wrong locations. It is failing because the state government, past and present, has consistently refused to tackle the root causes of the crisis, particularly the unending farmer-herder conflict as well as the ethno religious that continues to fester like an open wound.”

Makama said that the government always finds its voice when one side of the conflict suffers, calling press conferences, rushing to burnt villages, and shedding crocodile tears for the cameras.

He lamented that when violence is meted out in retaliation often after provocative attacks, land disputes, or extrajudicial killings as well as the mass killings of livestock, the same government goes mute, acting as though nothing happened.

“What is this if not a dangerous double standard?,” asked the counter insurgency expert and security analyst.

“Let’s talk facts. Most of these attacks are a sad cycle that has been allowed to spiral because no one is ever held accountable. Communities are sacked, women raped, children slaughtered, yet nobody is arrested, tried, or punished.

“There is never compensation for victims, no justice, no closure. Just empty condemnations and useless rhetorics.

“If you’re serious about peace, Governor Mutfwang, then start by ending the conspiracy of silence. Acknowledge all victims and stop the killings orchestrated by the state armed militias and vigilante on the other side.”

Makama said until the government begins to treat both sides of the conflict with equal sincerity, until justice is served without bias, then the public should be spared the hypocrisy of blaming soldiers or hailing mobile policemen as saviours.

He pointed out that this crisis will not be solved with knee-jerk rotations or media pity parades but it will only end when Governor Muftwang stops pretending to be shocked by the consequences of his government’s negligence and failures.

Makama also urged the Plateau State Governor to engage in sincere dialogue, listen to all stakeholders, and most importantly, end the extrajudicial killings and selective outrage.

Until then, Makama stated that blaming the military for the high rate of killings and insecurity in Plateau State is nothing but a cheap excuse.