The Taraba State Government on Thursday blamed the recent attacks in parts of Gassol and Bali Local Government Areas of the State on cattle rustlers from the neighbouring republic of Cameroon.
“This development has attracted resistance from the local inhabitants. This is therefore not an inter-ethnic or intra-ethnic rivalry. For a fact, these two local governments are among the most naturally endowed parts of Taraba State, especially in agricultural produce, and therefore, have a natural attraction to foreigners and other Nigerian seeking comfort and career in farming and other business activities.
“Criminals and social misfits are not left out in the rush to these communities for economic self-sustenance. In their case, they frequently exceed or outrightly abuse the boundaries of hospitality and accommodation offered by the indigenous people. The Internally Displaced Persons’ camps have not been spared by these visiting marauders who sometimes kill, maim and rape women.
On what the government is doing to address the security challenge, the commissioner said the government has taken steps to checkmate criminality in the communities and to ensure peaceful co-existence between visitors and their hosts, adding that the government has successfully ensured that the innocent among the foreigners suffer no harm or victimization
“We have also involved vigilantes in curtailing the activities of the criminals, under the strict surveillance of security agencies. They are never allowed to operate alone to prevent them from taking the laws into their hands. This benevolence and civility will remain the emphasis and focus of government intervention now and in the future in these areas and the state in general.
“We wish to, therefore, reiterate that the safety of lives and properties in these areas and the entire state remain the topmost priority of the government. The government wishes to also assure all non-indigenes on a legitimate and genuine mission to these areas and other parts of the state of protection by security agencies,” the commissioner added.All rights reserved.
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