Senator calls on Tinubu to declare Taraba a state of emergency

President Bola Tinubu has been urged by Senator David Jimkuta, who represents the Taraba South senatorial constituency, to declare a state of emergency regarding security in the Takum and Ussa local government councils of the state.

He feels that if the appeal is followed, it will solve the senseless killings that have been occurring in local government councils.

In Wukari Council on Tuesday, Jimkuta—who also serves as the chairman of the Senate Committee on Social Warfare and Poverty Alleviation—made the announcement while taking questions from the media.

Declaring a state of emergency, according to him, will allow farmers to reconstruct their livelihoods on their farms in the face of an unparalleled threat to the food security of the region.

The senator warned that if the killings in the two local councils were not stopped, they will spread to other areas of the state. He also revealed that over 700 people have died in these councils in just three months.

He lamented the threat and added that the banditry in the region had left more than fifty communities in Takum and Ussa in disarray.

He urged cooperation between the residents and security services in their attempts to find the bandits and kidnappers who have been terrorising the area and called for them to act decisively.

We know where they are, so let’s find them,” he murmured. These regions produce a lot of food, and a food crisis is imminent since people are displaced and unable to return to their villages.

Residents of the two councils were said to have been living in constant fear as a result of the bandits’ unrelenting murders.