Worried by the high rate of kidnapping and other criminal activities that have become the order of the day in Jalingo and its environ, the Taraba state House of Assembly Wednesday said the menace is attributed to inadequate security personnel across the state.
The lawmakers made their position known through a Communiqué issued to Journalists at the end of a security meeting held Wednesday at the chambers of the Assembly in Jalingo.
Our Correspondent gathered that the Communiqué was signed by the Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abel Peter Diah.
The Communiqué further revealed that the security meeting held under closed doors was between the legislators and security chiefs in the state.
It further decried over the incessant ethnic and/or religious crisis in some parts of the state.
The meeting also expressed concern and explored the need for government to urgently attend to the logistic needs of security agencies for effective security operations in the state.
” Despite the fact that Taraba state is the most peaceful state in the North-east sub region, the rate of kidnapping in the state calls for more effective surveillance by the security organizations to completely reduce the menace”, it stated.
While calling for synergy between the Security and other voluntary agencies in the state, the meeting emphasized on the need for the State to procure a tracker and other necessary machineries and equipment needed to combat criminality in the State.
“The meeting further noted that, the security outfit need logistics (vehicles) to enable it patrol the entire State to check any Security breaches”, it noted.
