Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General (AG) of the Federation, Prince Bola Ajibola, has hinted that his investigation of the causes of the Jos sectarian crisis of November 28, last year, will be the last of such assignment in his life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ajibola, chairman of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Jos mayhem vowed not to handle such assignment, while submitting the commission\u2019s report to Plateau State government.<\/p>\n
Ajibola, who served as Minister under General Ibrahim Babangida however, told a large audience that \u201cwe have faithfully and conscientiously carried out the assignment\u201d.<\/p>\n
Describing the report presentation as \u201ca glorious event,\u201d the chairman explained that the report was made up of five volumes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0According to him, the commission received 221 memoranda while 213 gave oral evidence during its public sitting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Besides, he stated that the commission had an interaction with General Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), former Head of State; Sultan of Sokoto, Sa\u2019ad Abubakar III; Chief Solomon Lar, first Civilian governor of the state; Chief Joshua Dariye immediate past governor and Gbong Gwom Jos, elder Jacob Gyang Buba.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to him, the interaction with these prominent persons gave the commission \u201cfood for thought\u201d.\u00a0 Giving an insight into the report, the former Attorney General\u00a0 (AG) said chapter four of the nine-chapter report, examined in detail the roles of individuals and\u00a0 organisations that were alleged to have been directly or indirectly responsible for the crisis.<\/p>\n
Receiving the voluminous report, governor Jonah Jang assured that the commission\u2019s report will be implemented.\u00a0 \u201cThis government will not allow reports to gather dust in the shelves, but will be implemented\u201d, pointing out that the implementation will serve as a deterrent to offenders, and ensure permanent peace in the state, and\u00a0 further assured that his administration will continue to accord high premium to peace and security.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This, he stressed informed why his government acted on the reports of previous Commissions of Inquiry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Commending members of the Ajibola-headed commission, for a job well done, Jang said \u201cposterity will count you as honourable men and women, who stood courageously to get to the root causes\u201d of the recurring sectarian violence in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General (AG) of the Federation, Prince Bola Ajibola, has hinted that his investigation of the causes of the Jos sectarian crisis of November 28, last year, will be the last of such assignment in his life.\u00a0 Ajibola, chairman of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Jos mayhem vowed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n