{"id":8339,"date":"2018-03-06T00:09:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T07:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&p=8339"},"modified":"2018-03-06T00:13:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T07:13:55","slug":"people-killed-taraba","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/people-killed-taraba\/","title":{"rendered":"More people killed in Mambilla, Taraba than in Zamfara & Benue combined – Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said the perpetrators of the killings and destruction on the Mambilla Plateau and other places would be arrested and prosecuted.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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PHOTOSPEAK: President Muhammadu Buhari arrives Danbaba Suntai Airport in Jalingo, Taraba state with Governor Darius Ishaku to begin his peace moves in the state.\u00a0Photos: Adams Garba<\/p>\n
The president stated this during a stakeholders meeting between the Fulani and Mambilla ethnic groups at the Government House Jalingo.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
He said he was in the state to condole with the government and those who lost their loved ones.<\/p>\n
He described the attacks leading to wanton destruction of lives and property as unfortunate.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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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.\u00a0Photos: State House\/Sunday Aghaeze<\/p>\n
In his speech, Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku said the administration would do everything possible to ensure that peace was maintained in the state.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
by Magaji Isa Hunkuyi, Jalingo, DailyTrust<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After so much criticism, Buhari visits Taraba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[323],"class_list":["post-8339","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-top-news","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"\n