Committee For the Defence of Human Rights condemns Plateau killings

<p><em>Committee For the Defence<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Committee For the Defence of Human Rights &lpar;CDHR&rpar; Kwara State Chapter condemns the barbaric and senseless killing of innocent travellers along Rukuba town&comma; Jos in Plateau state&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;About 22 people were reportedly killed after an attack on a convoy of 90 Muslims along Rukuba road in the outskirts of Jos&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Kwara Branch said in a statement&comma; jointly signed by its chairman and secretary&comma; Comrades Afolabi Lukman and Idris Afees&comma; that it uses this medium to sympathise with the bereaved families and mourns the departed souls&period; The organization prays to God to grant their reposed souls eternal rest and give the families fortitude to bear the irreparable loss&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The <strong>Committee<&sol;strong> for Defence branch&comma; in the same vein&comma; appeals to the federal government and plateau state government to bring the culprits to book and intensify efforts on security of the north-central <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Jos-Plateau<&sol;a> to forestall future occurrence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They called for collaborative efforts to put an end to all forms of terrorism&comma; banditry and kidnapping for ransoms in the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;