Disturbed by the deliberate killings of innocent Muslims over the weekend in both Jos, Plateau, and Sokoto states, the Muslims Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN) has called for setting up an investigative panel to unravel the rationale for such criminal attacks on Muslims by some alleged militias.
In a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, President of Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday, the group condemned the wicked killings of both Muslims in Sokoto and Jos.
It was reported that Gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Saturday where nine Muslims were killed and six others were abducted by the suspected bandits.
Report from the area indicated that among those killed by the bandits across three villages are eight men and one woman.
The villages attacked by the suspected bandits are Bejingo, Dantudu, and Tulutu, all in the Birjin ward.
The bandits also carted away herds of cattle belonging to the villagers during the attack on Saturday.
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Similarly, twenty-two (22) unarmed Muslim travelers were brutally killed by a militia group at Rukaba, Jos, Plateau State, on Saturday morning.
It was reported that the Muslims had attended the annual dhikr prayer in Bauchi State and they were returning to Ikare, Ondo State when they were waylaid by the notorious Irigwe militia.
The unarmed Muslims who were in a convoy of five buses were forced to disembark. They were then killed one after another. Twenty-two of them were killed while fourteen (14) were seriously injured. It was the arrival of the police and soldiers on the scene that saved the rest.
The Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria thus joined other well-meaning Nigerians to condemn this wicked and deliberate killing of innocent Muslims in both Sokoto and Plateau States and called on Federal Government to immediately set up a panel to probe those arrested and if found guilty, should be prosecuted.
