Taraba Gvernor raises alarm over influx of Boko Haram members

Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba state has raised alarm over influx of Boko Haram members in the state. According to him, the influx has made the state relatively unsafe, following recent attacks which gave rise to internally displaced persons IDPs.

The governor, who raised the alarm while playing host to senators in his office in Jalingo, said recent arrests and interrogations by security agents indicated a high rate of influx to the state. The senators were in the state on a fact-finding mission to IDPs camps in the state. Governor Ishaku said it was the responsibility of the federal government to take proactive measures to forestall any breakdown of law and order, urging the senators to evolve ways of tackling issues of insurgency in the country, particularly in the north-east which had been ravaged by the rampaging Boko Haram insurgents.