Afrigather Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo
Published 27 January 2022
The Chamba individuals within the Bisaula team of Kurmi Native Authorities Attach of Taraba Train on Wednesday known as on the declare authorities to declare up a price of inquiry into the crisis between the Ichen and the Chamba individuals in Bisaula.
The Mai-Angwa, Chamba-Bisaula, Bala Kukwa, made the call in a press observation he personally signed and made accessible to journalists in Jalingo.
According to him, this form of price would unravel each and each the a ways off and instantaneous causes of the unrest in divulge to pave procedure for the restoration of peace within the home.
He additionally entreated the Federal, declare and native governments to intervene straight by deploying more safety personnel in worried areas equivalent to Gateri, Bisaula, Agabi and Sunkuru.
Kukwa notorious that such measure, when straight followed by a seek the recommendation of with of the council chairman to the affected families with relief materials to the displaced persons, would attend in no little measure in calming the allege.
He said, “We, the Chamba team in Bisaula, hereby call on the declare authorities to declare up a price of inquiry to unravel the a ways off and instantaneous causes of the crisis, and in addition counsel measures to avert reoccurrence.
“We additionally enchantment for the deployment of more safety personnel to the worried communities to ascertain lives and properties of our individuals.
“The protection operatives may possibly well restful release unconditionally, all our youths unjustly arrested and detained within the wake of the depressed assaults by the Ichen individuals.”
Kukwa expressed allege over the most recent press conference on the subject addressed by the President, Ichen Cultural and Pattern Affiliation, Dr Ahmed Bibinu, where he alleged that Dakka-Chamba individuals were only settlers in Bisaula.
“According to Bibinu, Chamba migrated to Bisaula ‘in 1930 or thereabout’. If it’s so, then what about the Ichen those that migrated to Bisaula only after the 1961 plebiscite?
“The ICADA President will enact well to construct proofs of his claims and assertions,” it said.
Our correspondent reported that the crisis which broke out in Bisaula on Dec 31, 2021, between the Ichen and the Dakka-Chamba individuals claimed eights lives on either facet and left hundreds of americans displaced with property payment hundreds and hundreds of naira destroyed.
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