The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the crisis began on Wednesday after the association conducted an election to produce new leaders to run its affairs for the next two years.
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The return of the 3rd Class Chief followed his clearance of all wrongdoings by a committee set up by the state government to investigate a petition against him.
The state Commissioner for health, Dr. Innocent Vakkai, who confirmed the incident in Jalingo, on Monday, also disclosed that several others had been hospitalized in health care centres in the area with symptoms of severe stooling and vomiting.
The Spokesman of the command, ASP David Misal, made this known at a news conference on Saturday in Jalingo.
The petition, signed by 16 elders and copied to the Speaker, Taraba House of Assembly, security agencies and other traditional rulers, alleged that Chiroma was promoting indiscipline by pitting village heads against district heads.