Plateau Governor Caleb Mutfwang has summoned an emergency meeting of the State Security Council following recent security breaches in parts of the state.
The meeting, held on Wednesday at the New Government House, Little Rayfield, Jos, reviewed the prevailing security situation and considered measures to prevent further attacks and improve the protection of residents.
The council also examined ways to safeguard lives and property while ensuring that businesses and other economic activities can operate in a secure environment.
Among those who attended were the Deputy Governor, heads of security and law enforcement agencies in the state, the Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Jacob Gyang Buba, and other senior government officials.
According to a statement by the governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Gyang Bere, the discussions “focused extensively on emerging security threats, recent incidents recorded in some communities, intelligence gathering and sharing, preventive operations, inter-agency coordination, and strategies for safeguarding lives, property and economic activities across Plateau State.”
The Commissioner of Police, Plateau State Command, CP Ayodeji Faniyan, said the meeting was part of the governor’s periodic review of the state’s security situation and efforts to keep Plateau safe for residents, investors and visitors.
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He said, “His Excellency Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang is the Chief Security Officer of the State, and once in a while, we review the security situation. We assess the security situation to take steps to improve on what we already have.”
Faniyan described the recent attack in Mangu as unfortunate, noting that security personnel had been deployed ahead of the incident.
“The Mangu case was very unfortunate. We prepared and deployed, but somehow, such incidents still occurred. That is part of why His Excellency called this meeting so that such incidents must not happen again,” CP Faniyan said.
The police commissioner disclosed that security agencies had arrested some suspects linked to major attacks recorded across the state in the past month.
According to him, “We have some arrests [but] the investigation is ongoing. We are not investigating in isolation. We are collaborating with all the other agencies up to the national level. We are still going after some suspects, and we are doing a lot of technological analysis.”
Faniyan assured residents that security agencies would sustain joint operations aimed at preventing attacks, protecting lives and property, and responding promptly to emerging threats.
The emergency meeting is part of the Mutfwang administration’s broader security efforts to consolidate peace in Plateau and provide a stable environment for investment, tourism, agriculture, commerce and other economic activities.