President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over incessant violent clashes among different tribes in Adamawa and Taraba States which have claimed many lives and wounded numerous others.
The president in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday particularly lamented the latest violent clashes between Jukuns and Tivs in Taraba State, and Fulani, Genjon and Bachama in Adamawa resulting in arson, injuries and deaths.
He admonished the warring tribes to sheet their swords as violence has never and can never resolve disagreements.
“Violence and bloodshed for whatever reason is unacceptable and condemnable, especially when it is coming as the nation celebrates Easter with, all the lessons of love and peace for humanity.
“Violence has not and cannot be the solution to the resolution of misunderstandings among the people.
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“Once we abandon reason and good judgement, we are giving violence the chance to take over and make a bad situation more complicated and difficult to resolve,’’ he said.
The President however, reassured Nigerians that his administration would not rest on its oars to provide security for all even as he pointed out that the “primary initiative for ending violence once and for all must originate from the local actors involved in these clashes.”
He further promised that government would “engage in dialogue with local stakeholders in order to get to the root of the crises,” and charged a religious group involved in patching up broken relationships between communities in Plateau State to work with security agencies to reconcile communities in Kaduna, Taraba and Adamawa states.
He also directed the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA and the National Commission for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons to scale up their efforts in bringing succour to displaced people.
