Residents of Gashaka Gumti National Park in the Gashaka Local Government Area of Taraba State have dragged the park management before the Federal High Court, Jalingo. They joined the African Nature's Investors Foundation Nigeria, ANI, and the National Park Service to the suit.
Residents of Gashaka Gumti National Park in the Gashaka Local Government Area of Taraba State have dragged the park management before the Federal High Court, Jalingo. They joined the African Nature's Investors Foundation Nigeria, ANI, and the National Park Service to the suit. The residents are seeking a N100 billion compensation over the activities of the defendants in their community. They lamented that their activities have led to the destruction of houses and killing pf domestic animals.
Led by their counsel, Isa Jalo, they cited the alleged killings of some members of the community, Abubakar Auwal, Bello Tukur and Mohammed Bello by the ANI rangers and the Gashaka Gumti National Park rangers. He urged the court to order the defendants to stop threatening the lives of the applicants, adding that an order stopping the defendants from evicting the applicants should be granted.
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