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  • Gov Ishaku calls for calm over renewed crisis in Taraba

    Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State has appealed to the people of Mambilla Plateau in Sardauna Local Government Area to eschew violence and embrace peace.

    The governor’s appeal is contained in a statement issued by Alhaji Hassan Mijinyawa, his Chief Press Secretary (CPS) and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Jalingo.

    The statement said the governor described the fresh outbreak of crisis on the Plateau, where lives and properties were lost, as “a sad development.’’

    “I hereby appeal to the people of the state, especially the people living on Mambilla Plateau to eschew violence and live in peace with one another.

    “Security agencies have already been charged to be on top of the situation in order to ensure peace return to the area as soon as possible,’’ the statement quoted Ishaku as saying.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Chairman, Sardauna Local Government Council, Mr John Yep, on Tuesday, imposed a 24-hour curfew on Gembu, the headquarters of the council.

    Mr David Misal, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), told newsmen that the Police Commissioner, Mr Yakubu Babas, had temporarily relocated to Gembu to ensure restoration of peace.

    Misal, who confirmed the death of seven persons during the crisis, said that three units of Mobile police, comprising of 189 operatives, had been deployed to the area to restore peace.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that on Sunday, a fresh communal clash broke out in Gembu, Nguroje and other parts of Sardauna Local Government Area of the state.

     

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  • Boko Haram insurgents relocating from Sambisa to Taraba forest, says Gov Ishaku

    Boko Haram insurgents relocating from Sambisa to Taraba forest, says Gov Ishaku

    Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku on Thursday said fleeing Boko Haram members have relocated from Sambisa forest in Borno state to Suntai Daaji forest in the state.

    Ishaku made this known when the general officer commanding (GOC) of 82 army division, Enugu, Major Gen. Adamu Abubakar, paid him a courtesy visit in Jalingo, capital of his state.

    He said deployment of special forces to the state was necessary to root out “the regrouping Boko Haram insurgents and other terrorists in the state”.

    “The massive influx of people into Taraba for some time now has been the major cause of insecurity,” Ishaku said.

    “But when I was warning of the repercussions, I was accused of being against visitors, but today all of us are victims of their criminal activities.

    “The terrorists are today committing all sorts of criminal activities, including rape, kidnapping and killings.

    “People can’t travel freely on Bali-Suntai-Takum road among several other routes any longer in the state.”

    Ishaku also proffered ranching as the best solution to the clashes between farmers and grazers as well as cattle rustling in the state.

    “The population of Nigeria at independence and now is not the same and we must think and look inward to solve these problems associated with open grazing,” he said.