No Tiv Person In Nasarawa Should Be Attacked By Fulani -LGA Chairman Warns

Rabiu Omaku

The Executive Chairman of Doma Local Government Council, Honorable Jonathan Okuba Addra has warned Fulanis in the habit of attacking Tivs’ indigenes of Nasarawa State at the border communities of Doma to desist or face the full wrath of the law.

The Chairman, during an interview on Monday morning, said his administration would not condone any act of reprisal attack from neigboring Benue State in Nasarawa State.

The Council Chairman called on the two long-time enemies to bury their hatchet for the overall interest of peace and development, urging them to report any misfortunes to the appropriate authorities, which is either the Local Government or security operatives, for appropriate actions instead of shedding blood.

“I was at an Internally Displaced Persons camp at Agyaragu, and I addressed Fulani, Migili, I told Fulanis to stop grazing on farmland”.

The Chairman Doma Local Government confided that Operation Whirl Stroke is aware of the unfolding likewise the Divisional Police Officer of Doma Local Government and his Ekye Administrative Council counterpart.

“I invited the Head of Maji Fulani herders’ settlement, because the name of the Head of the settlement was mentioned during a broad security meeting at Rukubi Community”.

Aftermath of the attack on a Fulani lad that contaminated the drinking water at a Tiv abode after he demanded for water, which caused havoc last two months.

“It was gathered that unidentified Fulani boys killed a woman at Doga community near Doka, leading to the mass exodus of Tiv people from the bush to a safer place”.

While speaking on the crisis in Agirma community, the Executive Chairman confided that it was more of a chieftaincy tussle, saying the rumpus would in no distant time be addressed.