Bukuru, in Jos South Local Government Council of Plateau State, was thrown into crisis on Monday as hoodlums destroyed several cars and razed buildings, following an alleged minor issues between them and Security Operatives at the Kugiya market.
Trouble started at about 2pm while operatives deployed to the Jos Metropolitan Development Board JMDB went into the locality to implement the Executive order recently signed by the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang.
Trustbase news gathered, that the enforcement team of the operatives were resisted by the irate youths who were armed with cutlasses and other dangerous weapons, which later resorted into violence with some cars and shops of innocent citizens set ablaze.
An eyewitness who spoke to our correspondence on conditions of anonymity confirmed the development, and said many cars were set Ablaze during the enforcement of the Executive Order by the JMDB, along with security agencies, mostly the police and men of the NCSDC and it took the intervention of the security operative to calm the situation .
Governor Caleb Mutfwang had recently signed an Executive Order to control the illegal erection of buildings and traffic in the state.
The Executive Order No. 003, 2024 became imperative considering the indiscriminate manner in which buildings were being erected and traffic control abysmally degenerated within the Greater Jos Master plan as well as the prevalence of building collapse in the state.
The Plateau Police Command through it’s Public Relations Officer DSP Alfred Alabo, had confirmed that the state Police commissioner has made immediate deployment to trouble area and normalcy has been restored.
