Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State, has once more expressed concern over the deteriorating safety scenario in the state.
The governor, due to this fact, known as on the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, to draft extra troopers to the state.
Kefas, who on Wednesday, alongside the nationwide meeting members from the state, stormed the Defence Headquarters in Abuja, requested that extra troops be deployed to assist the troops which were on floor.
This was contained in a press release made obtainable to newsmen in Jalingo, the state capital, by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Digital Communications, Emmanuel Bello.
The request, he stated, has turn out to be needed given the safety challenges throughout the nation usually and the peculiar wants of Taraba State.
Describing the COAS as his mentor, Kefas, who’s a retired army officer, stated, he (Kefas), represents the army institution in the state and that he is not going to allow them to down.
In the assertion, the COAS, was noticed to have pledged army assist to the governor’s peace efforts.
“Taraba State would be used as a springboard for operational effectiveness in the North-East region; a battalion of combatants would be deployed to the state”.
Media Talk Africa noticed that Taraba State, had in latest occasions been below siege following the actions of kidnappers and armed bandits.
