Taraba Governor Responds To Report Of Him Ordering Killing Of Fulanis

The governor of Taraba State, Dairus Ishaku has denied ordering the killing of Fulanis in the ethnic crisis that has engulfed the Mambilla Plateau.

In a statement by his spokesperson, Emmanuel Bello, Ishaku described claims that he gave the order for the killing of Fulanis as untrue.

He said those spreading the rumours are uninformed.

The spokesperson said;

“The accusers of Governor Ishaku are saying that he, at some point, actually gave orders by way of a broadcast or in some secret location that a certain ethnic group should be wiped out of Taraba,”  

“They must have a tape recording of such instructions or directives. They probably have a memo by the governor where he clearly gave the plans for eliminations, stating timelines. 

“They also probably know the armed militia he had planned with to carry out the dastardly act. 

Now, if they don’t have all of these, as I’m sure there is nothing like that, then, it is amazing how they could sit before journalists and tell a civilised world that a genocide has been planned against them. 

“If they want to see genocides, ample examples are there but certainly not in our dear Taraba state. 

We don’t profile people in this very lovely state or plan the eliminations of same. Life is sacrosanct here,”