The Commission of Inquiry investigating last NovemberÂ’s crisis in Jos has summoned officials of the state Ministry of Lands and Survey to clarify the ownership of a community adjacent the University of Jos. The summon followed repeated mention of Angwan Rogo community by many of the witnesses that testified before the commission, with some of them calling for the relocation of the community as according to them, the land was originally given to the university. Angwan Rogo which lies just behind the Bauchi Road campus of the University of Jos is predominantly inhabited by Hausa Muslims.
Testifying before the commission, one Princess Hannah Jang who presented a memorandum on behalf of the Izere Concerned Daughters of Jos North and Jos East local government areas accused the Hausa whom she said they gave their land to of turning round to kill them. She lamented the plight of women as a result of the constant crises in the state, noting that women and children suffer most as they are rendered widows and orphans.
Another witness, Haruna Rwang viewed the crisis as a continuation of the 1884 Islamic Jihad, stressing that whatever solution would have to take this fact into consideration to achieve anything meaningful.
Commission Chairman, Prince Bola Ajibola while giving the directive said the ministry was in a better position to clarify the actual ownership of the land to guide the commission.