Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State, says he was greatly pained by the unnecessary crisis between the Ichen and Ndaka people in Bisaula Community which claimed several lives in Kurmi LGA of the state.
Ishaku who stated this while inaugurating a 9-member Commission of Enquiry into the recent crisis between the two tribes in Jalingo, said drastic steps will be taken to safeguard lives and property in the community.
He warned that influential personalities fueling the crisis in the community in the state to stop or risk being arrested, prosecuted and jailed.
The Governor warned those he described as champions of unhealthy ethnic sentiments that are causing crisis in the area to desist forthwith or risk being jailed.
“I will not condone the irresponsibility of negative ethnic champions behind the crisis that has claimed several lives and I want to assure Tarabans that government will not fold its arms while people are being gruesomely killed”, he said.
Governor Ishaku, however, urged the commission of enquiry to study the events leading up to the crisis, and find ways that a permanent solution could be found.
Speaking after the inauguration, the Chairman of the Commission, Barr. Shehu Vocks, a retired chief magistrate, assured that the commission would come up with a report that would not only enable government to understand the crisis better but find a lasting solution.
The Commission is made up of nine members that include Barr Elijah Nyaro, who will serve as its secretary, Kefas Ali, representing Ndaka, Jonathan Jonah, representing Ichen, chairman of Kurmi Local Government, Ammanzala John Danladi, His Royal Highness, Ibrahim ishaya Etsu-Affah Tigun, and representatives of the police, DSS, and the Civil Service.
