Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has begged the government and people of Ondo for forgiveness following recent attack on their people.

The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that about 23 people from Ondo passing through Jos were killed on August 14, while several others injured.

The commuters were attacked enroute Ondo along Rukuba road in Jos North Local Government Area, of which more than 30 were rescued by security agents.

Lalong apologised for the attack through his deputy, Prof. Sonny Tyoden, who led a delegation from the state to Ondo for a condolence visit, and to formally deliver the survivors of the unfortunate attacks.

The apology was contained in a statement by the governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham, on Saturday in Jos.

Tyoden said the visit was to convey the condolences and apologies of the Government and people of Plateau to their families as well as the entire people of Ondo State.

He pleaded for forgiveness for the actions of the criminals who perpetrated the act, saying they acted on their own as they did not represent any religious, ethnic or social interest in the attack.

NAN