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Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba on Tuesday called for peaceful coexistence among Christians in Taraba and Nigeria as they celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ on Wednesday.
According to Channels Television, Jika was abducted in the early hours of Monday in his residence at Magami in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital and a family source stated that the abductors came in unnoticed without any gunshot and went away with the former Chief of Staff and his gateman.
Ishaku made the revelation on Thursday at the Gala Night organised by the state government for both Federal and States security administrators in Jalingo.
Justice Yusuf Bashir, who delivered the judgement, said the defendants were not able to prove that they were the rightful owners of the land, adding that their action amounted to criminal trespass.
The Acting Director Defence Information, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the seven-man panel had submitted its report to the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin.
A statement by Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriarian-Anthony, on Sunday in Abuja said Yusuf died on Saturday at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Borno.
The Conference of Benue Journalists on Sunday expressed satisfaction over President Muhammadu Buhari’s timely intervention to provide lasting solution to the age long communal violent clashes between the Jukun and Tiv people of Taraba State.
Pastor Isaiah Jirapye, Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, Taraba State chapter, has said food crisis was imminent if the Tiv/Jukun communal violence was not checked.
The NDLEA Commander in the state, Alhaji Suleiman Jadi, disclosed on Friday in JAlingo while parading the suspects and the items seized from them.
The incident took place on August 6, 2019 in Ibi, Taraba State.
Andetur made the pledge while fielding questions from journalists shortly after he was sworn in by Governor Darius Ishaku in Jalingo.
The President also directed the Taraba and Benue State Governors, traditional rulers, specifically the Tor Tiv and the Aku Uka of Wukari, religious and community leaders in the two states to meet urgently to bring an end to persistent violent clashes between Jukun and Tiv people.
Bishop Charles Hammawa of the Catholic Diocese of Jalingo on Thursday condemned the killing of Rev. Fr. David Tanko of St. Peter’s Catholic Parish, Amadu, Taraba State by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
The cleric was on his way to Takum for a peace meeting with his fellow clergymen on how to resolve the lingering Tiv, Jukun crisis when he was killed.
Anas, however, maintained that the delicate situation could have been better managed without resort to media attacks by both agencies.
Florence Yaakugh, the Taraba Coordinator of NYSC, on Friday, said the suspects were apprehended with the fake certificates during screening of prospective Batch B Stream 2 corps members at the orientation camp in Jalingo.
The Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement in Abuja.
The newspaper is reporting that Special Forces from the battalion were said to have also attacked the five policemen who went on an operation to arrest a narcotics dealer in Kwesati village, Ussa Local Government Area of Taraba State last year.
Andrew Ediale, elder brother to Mark, made the call at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja.