BREAKING: Jos boils as hoodlums destroy properties, set cars ablaze [Photos]

Jos, capital of Plateau State on Monday boiled as Bukuru area in Jos South Local Government Council of Plateau State was attacked by suspected hoodlums and burnt several cars to ashes.

The development has thrown the State into confusion as rampaging miscreants destroyed and razed buildings, following an alleged minor skirmish between them and Security Operatives at the Kugiya market.

CAPITAL POST gathered that the skirmish broke out in the community in the afternoon while operatives deployed to the Jos Metropolitan Development Board (JMDC) went into the locality to implement the Executive order recently signed by the state Governor, Bar Caleb Mutfwang.

It was gathered that the irate youths, armed with cutlasses, clubs, and other dangerous weapons, resisted the Security Operatives who wanted to carry out the implementation of the Execution order, rather resorted to violence by burning cars and shops of innocent citizens.

An eyewitness Mr Garba Tanko, told our correspondent that over 10 cars close to a supermarket in the community were razed down by the hoodlums.

He added that the JMDB, along with security agencies, mostly the police and men of the NCSDC, had gone to effect the Executive order when the hoodlums suddenly confronted officials of the Board and the security men.

It could be recalled that the Governor Caleb Mutfwang had signed an Executive Order to control the illegal erection of buildings and traffic in the state.

The Executive Order No. 003, 2024 became imperative considering the indiscriminate manner in which buildings were being erected and traffic control abysmally degenerated within the Greater Jos Master plan as well the prevalence of building collapse in the state.

Our correspondent gathered that it took the intervention of security operative to calm the situation.

However the Plateau State Police command other security agencies in the state are yet to make a Public statement as the situation has been calm.