Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba Monday said his administration would remain resolutely committed to the promotion and sustenance of peace among the people of the state.
Ishaku in a press statement signed by his Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Bala Dan Abu in Jalingo said, “the present government is people centered and has its doors widely opened to indigenes of the state willing to make contributions to the development of the state.”
The statement noted that the recent interview granted to journalists by the Nigeria Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, Hassan Jika Ardo, accusing the governor of not showing concern about the ongoing crisis rocking Wukari, the southern zone of Taraba, was aimed at blackmailing the governor.
The statement said that “the ambassador spoke like a person in perpetual blindfold, exhibiting the traits of one who can neither see nor hear well.
“Ambassador Jika never knew that even though Gov Ishaku was abroad when the crisis broke out, his deputy, Haruna Manu was on ground and they jointly presided over a stakeholders’ meeting which helped in dousing the crisis.
“But Jika twisted the facts to achieve his purpose of blackmailing Gov Ishaku by creating the impression that the governor did not care,” the statement said.
The statement lamented that the spread of falsehood was the usual trait of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its leaders in Taraba state, adding that it was not surprising that Ambassador Ardo took to lying in order to impress the party’s dwindling ranks of followers.
The statement maintained that the visit of former minister of women affairs and social development to Governor Darius Ishaku recently in Government House was probably the cause of Ardo’s political diarrhoea.
The statement said that her visit has further put him and the APC in disarray, adding that the APC can continue with their politics of permanent bitterness and exclusiveness which saw their house collapsing.
