{"id":171894,"date":"2025-07-31T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/mutfwangs-demand-for-withdrawal-of-soldiers"},"modified":"2025-07-31T10:16:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T09:16:00","slug":"mutfwangs-demand-for-withdrawal-of-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mutfwangs-demand-for-withdrawal-of-soldiers","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mutfwang\u2019s demand for withdrawal of soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Islamic rights advocacy group, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has described the recent demand by Plateau State Governor, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang for the withdrawal of soldiers from troubled hotspots in the state as deceitful and fishy.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Director of MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, who raised the alarm in a statement on Wednesday, said there was a sinister move behind the demand, wondering why the governor and top government officials should make such a demand at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Mutfwang had, during a visit to the Jebbu Bindi community of Riyom Local Government Area, where suspected Fulani militias had attacked and killed 27 people, called on Nigeria\u2019s military authorities to withdraw soldiers from crisis areas and replace them with mobile policemen.<\/p>\n<p>But Akintola who rejected the call by the governor, stated that MURIC smells a rat in the demand as he believes there is more to it than meets the eye.<\/p>\n<p>He wondered why a state that has been enveloped in viral attacks and killings should demand the removal of soldiers from crisis areas, declaring that it does not add up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlateau has a sinister motive. The trajectory of skirmishes in Plateau State, in particular, and the North Central in general makes an interesting study.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is characterized by official cover-up of massacres, cannibalism, arson, and looting. Plateau has mastered the art of deception, manipulation, and intrigues,\u201d the MURIC DG said.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to accuse women in the state, claiming they connive with the assailants in local communities by providing them hiding places and food whenever they go for the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen in Plateau communities are hand in glove with killer youths, and they hide murderous hearts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey readily go out naked in protest against the presence of soldiers even when they are fully aware that their people have killed innocent Nigerians,\u201d Akintola stated.<\/p>\n<p>The MURIC leader added that he is convinced that the demand for the withdrawal of soldiers from hotspots by Mutfwang is a diabolical ploy to endanger the lives of Muslims in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat informed their preference for mobile policemen to replace soldiers is their successful long-term plan for predominance in the recruitment of mobile police in the country?\u201d He queried.<\/p>\n<p>Akintola reasoned that it is on record that the mobile police force in the country is populated by indigenes of Plateau, Benue, and other parts of North Central, hence the demand by Gov. Mutfwang, who he said wants to leverage on that to bring in local officers who will go after innocent Muslims and Fulani people and eliminate them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Islamic rights advocacy group, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has described the recent demand by Plateau State Governor, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang for the withdrawal of soldiers from troubled hotspots in the state as deceitful and fishy. The Executive Director of MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, who raised the alarm in a statement on Wednesday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,254],"class_list":["post-171894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Mutfwang\u2019s demand for withdrawal of soldiers - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/mutfwangs-demand-for-withdrawal-of-soldiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Mutfwang\u2019s demand for withdrawal of soldiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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