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Taraba Crisis: Ishaku Declares Indefinite Curfew In Taraba
Curfew has been declared in parts of Taraba State
where fresh violence broke out between Mambilla militia and Fulani youths.
The state government declared the curfew in Mayo
Ndaga in Sardauna Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that during the a security meeting,
a riot act was read with a warning that security personnel sent to all parts of
Mambilla were combat ready and would restore peace and order and troublemakers
would be dealt with.
In Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, Governor
Darius Ishaku also chaired a security meeting with police commissioner, Mr.
David Akinremi, Director of state security service and the heads of all
security agencies in the state.
The senior special Assistant on media affairs to
Governor Darius, Mr Bala Dan Abu, confirmed the meeting held but there was no
statement issued on the meeting.
The Police Public Relation Officer Taraba State
command, ASP David MiSal, did not answer calls made to his phone by our
reporter but replied a text message saying “there is calm in the area now.”
Crisis erupted in the area last Wednesday following
attacks on Fulani communities in Yarimaru area by suspected militia which later
spread to other parts of the Mambilla plateau.
The curfew was slammed on the area as more towns and
villages came under attacks in the troubled Sardauna Local Government Area.
The attacks are said to have spread to parts of Mayo
Ndaga, Yarimaru,Kakara and Sherif up to towns on the Nigeria Cameroun border.
The chairman of the local government, Mr. Godwin
Sol, said as at Yesterday, 29 corpses were recovered while search for many missing
persons continued.
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