The Taraba state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) ASP David Misal said normalcy is gradually returning to the crisis torn area of Kente, in Wukari local government area of the state following high deployment of security personnel to the area.
Misal who disclosed this to newsmen in Jalingo Monday said attempts by the attackers to invade Wukari town on Sunday night was repelled by a team of security operatives stationed in the area.
“As we speak, I can confirm to you that normalcy is gradually returning to the area. In fact, an attempted attack on Wukari town was repelled last night and with the heavy deployment of our men to the area, we believe that normalcy will return fully”.
Meanwhile, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Mr David Kente, has called on the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other relevant humanitarian organisations to urgently come to the aid of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as a result of the ongoing Tiv/Jukun crisis in wukari LGA of Taraba.
Kente who spoke with Journalists on Monday in Wukari after he visited some of the displaced persons said the IDPs displaced from their homes in some communities in Wukari council area were currently going through serious hardships.
He said “hundreds of the displaced persons, including women and children, who are currently taking refuge in primary schools within Kente and Wukari are going through untold hardships without water, food and other basic needs and are in dire need of urgent intervention. If there is no urgent intervention, I see the IDPs going into serious humanitarian crisis.
Similarly, the Chairman of Wukari Local government Mr. Daniel Adi who confirmed that normalcy was gradually returning to the area said that the IDPs were in dire need of food, water and medical attention.
He added that a total of about 500 displaced persons are scattered in kente, Wukari and neighbouring villages.
