“Government condemns in very strong terms these barbaric attacks on individuals and communities in the state and warns the attackers to desist forthwith.” TarabaKillings Taraba Insecurity
He also directed security agencies in the state to go after members of the militias responsible for the ongoing attacks and killings in the state.
The governor, who gave the directive yesterday in Jalingo through his deputy, Haruna Manu, warned the attackers to seek alternative means of livelihoods or relocate from the state. “During the attacks, many houses were burnt, including those of a village head and a youth leader. These attacks came only a few days after the killing, also by a militia group, of a pastor of CRC-N Church in Mararaba, Donga Council, Emmanuel Bileya, and his wife, Juliana, while they were working on their farm.
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