There was mild drama this morning around Polo as Artisans around Jenta-Adamu community axis of Jos-North Local Government Area, came out to embark on their daily bread work when security operatives stopped them.
It would be recalled that, a 24 hours curfew was imposed on Jos/Bukuru metropolis by the Plateau State Government, following the hijack of peaceful protest by some hoodlums in Jos-North LGA Sunday.
These artisans who came out as early as 6:30 to beat the curfew laws, received stiff resistance by the security operatives stationed around Polo field.
According to our correspondent, the artisans while reacting said, their daily bread comes from the daily work they do to feed their families, describing the curfew as a deliberate act to starve them.
They were heard saying, “we were not part of the violent protest. Our area was peaceful during the protest, but we are being denied the right to go out and look for what to feed our families with.
“You people know before the protest that, things have not been easy and people hardly eat these days. Now that there is curfew, what else do you want us to do now that, we are kept under luck? Do you want us to be starved to death?”, they cried out.
One Mr. Sunday, however, appealed to Governor Caleb Mutfwang, of Plateau State to relax the curfew in Jos and Bukuru metropolis, but should come out with stiff measures that would monitor these trouble prone areas and allow peaceful people to go about their daily activities.
“I know that the primary responsibility of every government is the protection of lives and property as well as welfare of its citizens. I also know that Governor Caleb Mutfwang will not be pleased to hear that his people are dying of hunger because of the curfew imposed on them.
“Most of these hoodlums who were used to disrupt the peaceful protest in Plateau State, deliberately did that to give Plateau State a bad name. They were not happy about the peaceful protest we recorded from day one.
“At least, the world now knows that, we are peace lovers. The secret of those from the other divide who have been giving Plateau people bad name is now exposed. Plateau State Government should identify those enemies of Plateau who are hiding under this protest to bring us back to those ugly days”, he reiterated.
Sunday, who refused to disclose his surname, called on the Plateau State Governor to consider the hardship this has caused citizens and allow peaceful people to look for their daily bread because people were suffering.
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