Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba
State, Thursday, called on the Nigerian government to come to the aid of his
people over threat of attack by suspected herdsmen militia.
Darius, while addressing
journalists at the PDP national secretariat yesterday, said Takum had become
vulnerable in the past few weeks, claiming that the people were facing grave
danger in the hands of militia.
According to him, “In the
southern part of Taraba, the military has been withdrawn, but that is not only
the case. We are still being harassed by the herdsmen. The military has taken
over the job of the Police and “bombarding” people’s houses at 2 am, arresting
youths and locking them up.
“Two of these youths are missing
and we understand that they are with the military and being transferred to the
Abuja military headquarters. I asked for the reason. Nobody has confronted me
with the reason. All I was told was that they committed a crime which nobody
has told me about as the Chief Executive Officer of the state.”
He also lamented that the Takum
council chairman had been asked by the Nigeria Police to report to them, saying
“I don’t know what is happening. The armed forces are not protecting the people
against the killer herdsmen but are now going around arresting the youths in
the town. This is what led to the demonstration of the women last week. Now the
situation is getting really bad.
“I am now calling on the federal
government to order the military to bring back those boys that were arrested and
allow the police to do their job if indeed, they are criminals.’’
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