Jos — On Monday September 12th, 2011, a day after multiple explosions rocked the West of Mines area of Jos, President Goodluck Jonathan gave an order for the military to take full charge of security operations in Plateau State and to take all necessary measures that will stop the ethno-religious violence in the state. Since 2008, when violence erupted over the Jos North local government elections, no less than 2,000 lives have been lost in one event of violence or the other.
Last Sunday's explosion, which left no casualty in its trail, however saw the federal government coming out with a very drastic action, different from the mere assurances of the past about "brining the perpetrators to book."
...