After facing a torrent of backlash and condemnation following his recent remarks, in which he tagged the Berom people as militias, the Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Professor Ayo Omotayo, has tendered an apology to the Berom Nation and the people of Plateau State in general.
Omotayo had gotten into trouble last week during an interview on Arise TV following a series of attacks on the institution where about four people including security personnel were killed and in the heat of the interview, he had described the attackers as “Berom Militias”, a remark that drew the anger of the indigenes including the lawmaker representing Jos North in the National Assembly, Sen. Pam Dachungyang, the Berom Youth-Moulders Association, BYM, political figures, traditional and religious leaders, youth groups and the general public who felt the comment was derogatory and an insult to the Berom ethnic
