Nigeria: Cash Payments Offered for Militia Guns in Troubled Plateau

Jos — The newly appointed administrator of Plateau State, Retired General Chris Alli, has offered cash payments for the return of weapons in the hands of rival Muslim and Christian militia groups that have killed hundreds of people in an upsurge of sectarian violence in recent weeks.

Alli, who's statement was issued late on Friday, was selected to control the central Nigerian state by President Olusegun Obasanjo who sacked Alli's elected predecessor, Joshua Dariye, and the entire state legislature upon proclamation of emergency rule last week.

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