Taraba State Governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku says
the State is not completely free from the Boko Haram insurgency going by the numbers of arrest made in some parts of the State recently.

Governor Darius Ishaku made the revelation in
Government House, on Monday when he
received a team of Senators led by Senator
Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya representing Kano South in
the National Assembly, who were in the State on
a fact finding mission in respect of the influx of
insurgents into some parts of the State.

The Governor lamented that, with the series of
arrest of some insurgents in the State it portents
danger, which is an indication that the State is
not completely safe from the Boko Haram
insurgency.


“Kabiru Sokoto was arrested here in Mutum Biyu,
several arrest were quietly made in Garba Chede
where they were trying to form a formidable
sect, also in Tella, Gassol axis, as I speak to you,
last week I had to take a phone and call the CP
because they were bringing some people in
Buses to come and settled in Taraba State.
“I agreed with Senator Bwacha when he was
speaking on the floor of the House and I have
said it repeatedly here in this room to those who
come to visit us, I said the Fulani that we know
are not Fulanis that kill people, they put their
stick across their neck and if there is anything the
Fulani loves is the radio.

“But the new Fulanis that we see as herdsmen
don’t carry stick, but AK 47, and the new
herdsmen that we are seeing are herdsmen that
come to kill everybody on their road. The Fulanis
that are grazing need the people and so they
don’t kill them, and so is good that the citizens
and Government are beginning to sieve the
wheat from the chaff,” he emphasised.
He maintained that, the State Government is
working relentlessly in reducing the sufferings of
the Internally Displaced Persons who are at the
moment taking refuge in some camps in the
State.

Accordingly, the Governor stated that various
camps have been set up to take care of the IDPs
and commended the contributions of all the
security agencies for working relentlessly
towards ensuring that peace is sustained
throughout the State.
Darius Ishaku used the forum and appreciated
Tarabans for their cooperation by embracing
peace and harmonious coexistence and
promised to reciprocate the good gesture by
ensuring that peace is further sustained and
fortified in all the nooks and crannies of the
State.
Speaking as the team leader, Senator Kabiru
Ibrahim Gaya said, their visit to the State was to
ascertain the authenticity of the infiltration of the
displaced persons.
Senator Kabiru Gaya commended Governor
Darius Dickson Ishaku towards the maintenance
of peace and for creating conducive atmosphere
for the people to coexist peacefully.
“The essence of our visit here is on the motion
raised by the Deputy Minority Leader, Senator
Bwacha on the issue of influx of groups that are
creating problems here in Taraba State and we
are here to find out what is really happening. I
remembered when the Military disbanded the
insurgents from the Sambisa Forest, some of
them moved across, I am also affected, I am a
Senator from Kano South and in fact some of the
insurgents move down to Borgon Rimi and
therefore if the come to Taraba is not something
that we could say it does not exist because they
are closer to Taraba than to far away Kano State.
“Therefore, the Senate after the motion raised
indicates that in some few Local Governments, it
is becoming difficult and some people have
started leaving those and living in camps with the
IDPs.
“So, the purpose of this visit is to ascertain the
problems and also to suggest solutions to the
National Assembly for viable actions to be taken.
“But I am happy to say that even though we could
not come earlier, the Arc. Governor did not wait
for us, but went into action and we are happy to
say that there is peace here in the State,” he
stated.
Senator Kabiru Gaya informed the Governor that
the committee will meet with stakeholders to
also hear from them with a view to reporting
back to the National Assembly on their findings.