Plateau senator slams NIPSS DG over ‘Berom militia’ comment

The lawmaker representing Plateau North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Pam Mwadkon Dachungyang, has slammed the Director General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, Professor Ayo Omotayo, for allegedly making derogatory comments about the Berom people.
During a television interview on Friday, Omotayo had, while responding to a question on the identity of gunmen who have attacked the institution on three occasions in the past two weeks, referred to the attackers as “Berom militias”, a remark that has drawn reactions and condemnation from different quarters.
While reacting to the interview in a statement on Saturday, Senator Da...