Gombe state Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has urged aggrieved Lunguda and Waja communities to embrace peace in the spirit of forgiveness.
The governor made the call while presiding over an expanded security council meeting with stakeholders from the areas in Government House, Gombe on Tuesday.
The paramount ruler of Waja chiefdom, Bala Waja, Alhaji Muhammad Danjuma Mohammed briefed the press shortly after the meeting which lasted for over five hours.
The monarch said the meeting, convened and presided over by governor had eventually yielded the desired result, as the communities resolved to sheath their swords by forgiving one another.
“The governor had presided over several similar meetings since the eruption of the crisis in April 2021 aside from his numerous interventions in relieving the affected communities and I am happy to tell you that today the aggrieved parties have agreed to forgive one another in the spirit of oneness.”
The Bala Waja appealed to locals on exile from the affected communities and others displaced by the sad development to return to their communities to continue their livelihood especially now that the rainy season has set in for farming activities.
“It is high time for us to believe that we need one another to progress as chiefdom and the restoration of peace in the affected communities in Waja chiefdom is the solution to our development as such let us forget the past and restore the long standing brotherhood we were known for.”
He thanked Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for his efforts in building peace as well as the commitment of other stakeholders, without which he said the mission of bringing the lasting solution among the people of the communities would not have been achieved.
Meanwhile, as a result of the resolution to embrace peace by the leaders at the expanded security council meeting, the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, therefore been directed by Governor Yahaya to announce a review of the dusk to dawn curfew earlier imposed on the affected communities.
