Plateau govt to relax security laws, urges restraints from citizens
The Plateau State House of Assembly (PSHA), is set to regulate existing security laws that were put in place with the aim checkmating the incessant crises and bombings that bedeviled the state for almost a decade.
This was made known by the Speaker of the House, Hon. Peter Azi, while interacting with our correspondent on Sunday, on what is expected from the House, as they return from recess.
Azi said that relative peace has returned to the state, so most of the road blocks on high ways within inter-communities would be relaxed, most especially as it is painting a picture that Plateau is still in a war situation.
He noted that strategic laws were put in place to protect lives and
properties during the hit of the crisis, which in no doubt contributed in curbing the ugly situation, but now that peace has returned, some of those stringent measures taken will be relaxed, he said.
However, the Commander of the Special Task Force in Plateau, Major General Nicholas Rogers, has also emphasised the need to reduce road blocks at worship centers on Fridays and Sundays, saying that his office has receive series of complaints from residence on the obstructions of movement caused by these road blocks on worship days.
He said he will engage religious bodies on dialogue on the need to regulate the road blocks before any action will be taken.
Rogers also noted that the military and their operations, especially when drafted to a place to restore order, are often associated with a stern attitude to depict the seriousness of their mission.
Thus, he said, it is usual to see roadblocks and other security bulwarks in the effort to restore law and order but emphasised that the once mounted by individuals or organisations such as Church and Mosque are to be regulated at this time, he said.
