President BUHARI therefore called on the parties in both Benue and Taraba States to end the killings immediately.
President BUHARI in statement by his Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, GARBA SHEHU, asked the Governors DARIUS ISHAKU of Taraba and SAMUEL ORTOM of Benue, royal fathers, religious and community leaders in the two states to convene meetings to find solutions to the conflict.
The President described the wanton killings and destruction of property by the Tiv and the Jukuns as unacceptable, sounding a note of warning that the Federal Government could no longer afford to watch the two ethnic groups continue with the mindless killings.
One of the latest victims of the crisis was a Catholic Priest, Reverend Father DAVID TANKO, who was killed at Kpankufu Village along Wukari Road in Taraba.
