JOS-RESIDENTS of Jos have renewed their calls on the government to urgently take pro-active measures to guarantee the security of lives and property in the troubled city.

Speaking on behalf of the people, Mr Eze Cletus, said the people of the area had always expressed concern over threats of explosions, but noted with regret that the perpetrators were always allowed to get away with such heinous crimes.

He said: “everybody, including Christians, Muslims, Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo and other tribes come here to socialise as brothers and sisters without anybodyharassing one and other.

“If bombs can be planted in an ever busy area where innocent and law-abiding citizens are carrying out their legitimate businesses, then what is the role of government to whom we have entrusted our security?”, he queried.

Also speaking, a trader in the area, Miss Habiba Musa, described the attacks on harmless

women as wicked. She wondered why innocent women who go through unfriendly weather conditions should always be the target for destruction.

“Nobody is safe again in Jos, if bombs can be planted in this area. Those behind the atrocities should know that their families are also not safe, because the area is home to everybody.”

Meanwhile, following the trauma caused by the explosions, most people who escaped death by a whisker are yet to open shops for business.

One of them, Mrs Sandra Nweke said; “I don’t plan to come out soon, because it is only when you are alive that you can do business. Many of our customers who escaped death will not come here for weeks to come”, she opined.