Latest News | News Break Nigeria The Taraba State Government has expressed dissatisfaction with the killings and religious crises in the state, noting that government was trying everything within its jurisdiction to ensure peace. Police in Jalingo, the state capital, had on Sunday confirmed that unknown gunmen, on Saturday, trailed and killed 13 Fulani herdsmen who were returning from village markets in Garba-Chede and Maihula areas of the state. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Aaron Artimas, while speaking to journalists in Lagos, debunked rumours that the state government had declared war on the Jukuns ethnic group in the southern part of Taraba. Among the efforts, he said the government made were the deployment of security officials to the affected areas, consultations with local dwellers and ensuring the signing of a peace pact. He said, “It is pitiable to say the government is fighting the Jukuns or southern Taraba. The Jukun tribe has a cordial relationship with government, the acting governor has visited the region several times since these crisis has started, he had lead all warring parties in the region to sign a peace pact at the Aku Uka palace in Wukari. “People from Jukuns are also appointed in the cabinet, those spreading negative information about the government are the main enemies of the Jukuns, they don’t want developments to come to the region, they want the Jukun youths to remain unemployed so they could be using them to ferment trouble and destabilize the government for their selfish political interest.” He, however, denied claims that Muslim victims in the last Wukari crisis were given preferential treatment. He added, “How do you go to injured people after a crisis and begin to select Muslims for medical treatment? Does the Muslim victim wear a tag to identify him as a Muslim?. There are Christian doctors and nurses in all hospitals, the medical director of the state specialist hospital is a Christian, the health commissioner in the state is a Christian. Is possible for their fellow Christians to be sidelined under their watch?” Copyright PUNCH. All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH. Contact: editor@punchng
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:46:39 +0000
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