Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has arrived Taraba State for a Commissioning of some projects executed by state government.
The Vice President will also hold a meeting with the stakeholders in the state as part of an effort to resolved the lingering clashes between herdsmen and farmers which claim thousand of lifes and properties worth millions of naira destroyed.
On his Twitter handle his media aide Laolu Akande says the vice President is accompanied by minister of women affairs Mrs Jummai Alhassan.
"VP Osinbajo arrives Taraba State where he will hold meetings & commission projects. He's accompanied by Mama Taraba, received by Gov. Ishaku''
Earlier Daily Trust reports, Fulani communities in Taraba called on the Vice President to intervene in the crisis rocking the state.
Some portion of the Daily Trust Report
One of the Fulani leaders, Alhaji Abdulmumini Umar, told Daily Trust that they were happy Osinbajo would finally visit Taraba “after endless moves by the state government to conceal the true picture of what transpired.”
Osinbajo who had more than twice shelved his planned visit to Taraba, is expected to commission some projects executed by the Governor Darius Ishaku-led administration.
Umar alleged that besides the suspension of the embattled Sardauna LGA chairman John Yep, nothing was done, saying the Taraba government had opted for silence after describing the carnage as a clash, instead of an attack.
“There was a Senate motion on the attack, and certain resolutions were set forth, including the setting up of a judicial tribunal by the Federal Government but nothing has been done. Some minor arrests were originally made, but the suspects were all released,” he said.
Another resident of the area, Habibu Usman, said contrary to claim that peace had returned to Mambilla, “Tension is still high, isolated attacks are still taking place with IDP camps still recording victims. These are the issues the VP should look into.”
Daily Trust gathred in Jalingo yesterday that the vice president had from the beginning been scheduled to meet with both Mambilla and Fulani communities in the Mambilla Plateau.
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