Plateau youths reject petition alleging bias in security operations, back crackdown on criminals

Plateau youths have rejected a petition alleging bias and discriminatory security operations against Fulani communities, urging the Federal Government not to discontinue ongoing operations against criminal elements in the state. The Coalition of Plateau Indigenous Youth Bodies made its position known in a statement presented at a press conference at the Nigerian Union of Journalists’ national secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday. The coalition was reacting to a petition dated October 5, 2026, signed by Mudahid Abdullahi on behalf of the Plateau chapters of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria, GAFDAN, Fulbe Yout...