Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba
on Thursday backed the recent statement by a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen
Theophilus Danjuma.
Danjuma had accused the army of
colluding with armed bandits and called on Nigerians to device means of self
defense.
The Governor spoke when he hosted
the Probe Panel set up by the Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Tukur Buratai to
investigate the recent allegation made against the Nigerian armed forces by the
elder statesman.
“We in Taraba are fully behind
what Danjuma said on self defense.
“As an ex army General with a
high reputation, I think that call deserves to be looked into and not to be
criticized because he spoke the minds of everyone in Taraba and indeed all
Nigerians,” he said.
Ishaku said the coming of the
committee was timely, assuring them of a conducive working environment to
succeed in their assignment.
Ishaku explained that the
frequent attacks by herdsmen led to the promulgation of the open grazing
prohibition and ranches establishment law after consultations with stakeholders.
The governor decried the
activities of soldiers in Taraba who, he noted, were “going about mistreating
citizens and disarming them of petty arms while ignoring those with lethal
weapons.”
He debunked the claim by the
military that his government did not complain about all that was happening in
the state.
According to him, he had “visited
the president, the vice president, as well as written several letters on the
alarming situation and therefore the claim couldn’t have been true.”
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