Plateau Attacks: Group Seeks Rivival Of ‘Operation Rainbow’

Following recent attacks by gunmen in Plateau State, the Plateau Heritage Movement has called on the state government to consider reviving Operation Rainbow to address insecurity in the state.
Operation Rainbow, a homegrown security outfit, was established in the state in 2010 by former Governor Jonah  Jang after approval by former President Goodluck Jonathan following complaints by citizens that they were not secured in the hands of the conventional security operatives, who they accused of failing to protect them from gunmen attacks.
Convener of Plateau Heritage Movement, Mr Mangna Wamyil, in a statement in Jos yesterday lamented that since the current APC administration came on board in 2015, the security outfit had been relegated to the background.
Mangna, who expressed regrets at the recent killing of twelve natives by gunmen in Mangu communities, said that the victims would have been alive if the Operation Rainbow was active.
He, therefore, called on Governor Simon Lalong to revive the outfit to forestall further loss of lives and properties.
Mangna said “As citizens and indigenous people of Plateau State, we feel the pain and suffering of our people caused by the mindless killings we are compelled to witness. The most recent slaughter of innocents in Kulben is an indicator of the reality that the possibility of peace and security in our State is indeed an illusion far removed from human contemplation.
“At a time people across the country are fashioning ways and methods to guarantee their own safety and security years after we had ‘’Operation Rainbow’’ for the same reason, we seem to have lost focus in this regard under the present administration.