Plateau State police at a nighttime checkpoint enforcing ban on grazing and mining amid community tensions in Jos North.
Plateau State police at a nighttime checkpoint enforcing ban on grazing and mining amid community tensions in Jos North.
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Plateau police ban night grazing and mining activities

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The Plateau State Police Command has banned all night grazing and mining activities across the state, warning violators of the full wrath of the law. The measure follows killings in Anguwan Rukuba community in Jos North, where President Bola Tinubu met grieving families and Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) buried four slain members.

Barely 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu met grieving families of victims killed in Angwan Rukuba, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, fresh killings occurred.

Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) buried four of its members killed in the attack on Anguwan Rukuba community in Jos North.

In response, the Plateau State Police Command banned all night grazing and mining activities across the state, warning that violators would face the full wrath of the law.

The measures aim to curb tensions in the area prone to recurring farmer-herder clashes.

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