By Sam Omatseye
In spite of the flurry of violence in the north and even its neighbour, Benue, the Plateau has been relatively quiescent. In the past few weeks, though, we have seen a few spasms of bloodshed. The security forces responded, but damages had been done. Lives were lost, and a sense of unease arose enough for Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State to invoke security forces and community leaders to wake up from their slumbers. This is a call to pact. The community leaders across the state, including ethnic avatars and religious icons, all signed an agreement to keep the peace. This has accounted for the joy of silence the state has had under Lalong’s watch. But we still see foul rhythms of violence. Hence those who signed must ensure the state does not retreat to the pre-Lalong years. The state still longs for those days when Peter Igho filmed Cockcrow at Dawn on its scenic farms. The pact is a pact for the return of that halcyon time when cock crows at dawn.