President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the quick
intervention and response to the affected communities in the recent communal
conflicts in Adamawa and Taraba.
The quick intervention response delegate, led by Air
Commodore Akube Iyawu, Director Search and Rescue of the National Emergency
Management Agency ( NEMA), arrived in Yola on Monday.
Iyawu, at the Hamman Bata and Haman Bachama palaces in Demsa and Numan, said they were in
the areas to assess the level of damage
done to lives and property in the affected areas.
”We are in the state following the directive of President
Muhammadu Buhari to come and assess the
level of destruction to facilitate quick intervention.
”President Muhammadu Buhari has directed us to also convey
his sympathy and to bring succour to the affected communities,” Iyawu said.
He said that the affected persons should expect intervention
from the Federal Government through NEMA
within the shortest possible time.
In their separate responses, Mr Stephen Irmiya, who is the
Hama Bachama and his counterpart Alhamdu Teneke of the Bata kingdom thanked
the President for identifying with them in the trial times.
They urged the government to find ways of bringing lasting
solutions to the crises to enable their communities to live in peace.
(NAN)
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