The Police in Taraba on Tuesday dismissed speculations of an influx of Boko Haram insurgents into the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Shaba Alkali, made this known to newsmen in Jalingo.
“There have been reports that Taraba has witnessed an influx of Boko Haram in the past three weeks. I want to state that the reports are not true,” Alkali said.
The commissioner explained that those coming into the state were job seekers and displaced persons running away from trouble areas of Borno, Gombe, Yobe and Adamawa states.
According to Alkali, most of those coming into the state are Taraba indigenes resident in the affected states.
“A truck conveying more than 50 persons, including women and children, recently intercepted by the police in Jalingo was not transporting Boko Haram members.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Shaba Alkali, made this known to newsmen in Jalingo.
“There have been reports that Taraba has witnessed an influx of Boko Haram in the past three weeks. I want to state that the reports are not true,” Alkali said.
The commissioner explained that those coming into the state were job seekers and displaced persons running away from trouble areas of Borno, Gombe, Yobe and Adamawa states.
According to Alkali, most of those coming into the state are Taraba indigenes resident in the affected states.
“A truck conveying more than 50 persons, including women and children, recently intercepted by the police in Jalingo was not transporting Boko Haram members.
“After
screening them, we discovered that more than 90 per cent of them were
indigenes of Taraba returning to the state,” said the police chief.
However, he revealed that the police was aware of plans by some politicians to recruit mercenaries.
However, he revealed that the police was aware of plans by some politicians to recruit mercenaries.
“We
want to warn that the police would deal decisively with anybody, no
matter how highly placed, if he or she is found to be fomenting trouble
during the exercise,” Alkali warned.
The commissioner said that the command had cracked down a gang of armed robbery suspects, car snatchers and receivers that had constituted security nuisance over time.
The commissioner said that the command had cracked down a gang of armed robbery suspects, car snatchers and receivers that had constituted security nuisance over time.
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