Jos Crisis: Anambra To Evacuate Citizens Following Renewed Skirmishes

With the skirmishes in Jos, Plateau State, not abating, the Anambra State government, weekend, said it was going to evacuate all her citizens living in Jos and its environs, who are willing to leave the mining city.

The development is contained in a statement signed by the state information and public enlightenment commissioner, Mr C Don Adinuba.

According to him, “Following renewed hostilities in Jos, which have caused the Plateau State government to re-impose a 24-hour curfew in the city, the Anambra State government has decided to expand its evacuation of students of Anambra State origin from the University of Jos to include all Anambra indigenes in Jos who wish to return to the state.

“Such persons are enjoined to go to the GUO Motors station in Jos where officials of the Anambra State liaison office in Abuja will identify them and, in conjunction with GUO Motors management, arrange for their immediate travel.”

Our correspondent gathered that Governor Willie Obiano had directed the state liaison office in Abuja to monitor round the clock the safety of all Anambra students at the University of Jos, the NTA TV College, Jos; the College of Accountancy, Jos’; the School of Forestry, Jos; the National Film Institute, Jos, and the Veterinary Institute, Jos.

Obiano also directed that every report on the Jos issues be dispatched to him directly through electronic means and to the secretary to the state government for immediate action.

He reiterated that, “The safety of every Anambra person everywhere in Nigeria and beyond is of paramount importance to the state administration.”