Former Plateau State governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Brig. Gen. John Sura (Rtd), has blasted Governor Caleb Mutfwang over the lingering insecurity and incessant killings in the state.

Gen. Sura who recently defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in a statement on Monday, had scathing words for the governor, noting that Mutfwang has abdicated governance for partisan politics ahead of the 2027 elections while the people he vowed to protect are suffering from a lack of leadership.

He decried what he described as a situation where over 96 communities have been overrun and thousands of households displaced by insurgents in three local governments of the state in the past two years.

Sura who was the General Secretary of the State Resettlement Task Force on Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, stated that 50 and 46 villages have been sacked by marauding Fulani militias in Bokkos and Mangu local governments areas respectively, while over to 2,400 households have been affected in Barkin Ladi council area.

“In Mangu alone, we have about 46 villages where nobody is living today, because they were chased out. In Bokkos, we have close to 50 villages deserted,” he said.

“When you go to the IDP centers, you won’t meet them because they have already moved into the city centers, and this is causing more problems. In Barkin Ladi, I can’t recall the exact figures, but we are talking about close to 2,400 households affected,” Gen. Sura said.

Sura further lamented the state government’s lack of seriousness to carry out the recommendations contained in a report his committee put together for the government to act upon.

“To my surprise, more than one year down the line, nothing has been done on the report we submitted. From the interim report to even the final report, nothing.

“The final report was ready since last year, but because of lack of seriousness from the government, they did not treat it urgently. It was only sometimes in February this year that the report was placed, and since then it has been gathering dust in the cupboard,” he stated.

Gen. Sura also stated that the committee which was chaired by Retired Air Commodore Christopher Pam had identified villages that were partially deserted, where people ran out because they were scared or received information that attacks were coming.

But he noted with sadness that the comprehensive report which is still intact was left untouched by the governor due to a lack of political will.

Former Plateau governorship aspirant blasts Gov. Mutfwang over insecurity, killings in state