- After so much criticism, Buhari visits Taraba
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the perpetrators of the killings and destruction on the Mambilla Plateau and other places would be arrested and prosecuted.
Justice will be done, the president said in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital at the commencement of his visit to troubled spots in five states.
The visit will take the president to Benue, Yobe, Zamfara and Rivers States where scores of people were killed in communal violence in recent times.
PHOTOSPEAK: President Muhammadu Buhari arrives Danbaba Suntai Airport in Jalingo, Taraba state with Governor Darius Ishaku to begin his peace moves in the state. Photos: Adams Garba
The president stated this during a stakeholders meeting between the Fulani and Mambilla ethnic groups at the Government House Jalingo.
Buhari said the number of people killed on the Mambilla Plateau, Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba was more than those killed in Zamfara and Benue states combined.
He said he was in the state to condole with the government and those who lost their loved ones.
He described the attacks leading to wanton destruction of lives and property as unfortunate.
He explained that relationship between members of a community should not be left to government alone but should also be the duty of the traditional institutions to ensure peaceful coexistence among their people.
PHOTOSPEAK: President Muhammadu Buhari visits Jalingo, Taraba State on Monday to hold talks with traditional rulers and warring communities over the current crises between herdsmen and farmers in the state. Photos: State House/Sunday Aghaeze
In his speech, Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku said the administration would do everything possible to ensure that peace was maintained in the state.
President Buhari was accompanied by Service Chiefs, Ministers of Information, Defence and Women Affairs as well as some members of the National Assembly from the state.
NigeriaNewsNetwork recalls that the Special Adviser to President @MBuhari on Media and Publicity, @FemAdesina recently issued a press release on the President’s planned visit to 5 States: Taraba (yesterday), Benue, Yobe, Zamfara and Rivers States, to meet communities and persons affected by recent incidents of banditry and violence.
by Magaji Isa Hunkuyi, Jalingo, DailyTrust