Mr. Osinbajo on Thursday meeting with media executive in AbujaNigeria’s Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has condemned the violent attacks in Taraba state, which left many dead, and promised to bring the perpetrators to account.
Mr. Osinbajo summoned and held an emergency meeting with top security officials of the Federal Government and Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku of Taraba, his office said in a statement.
“Acting President Osinbajo has therefore ordered the deployment of an extra military battalion, police reinforcements and also a deployment of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps to the areas affected,” his spokesman, Laolu Akande, said in a statement.
“Equally the Acting President has ordered the provision of relief materials to be delivered to the affected communities in Toffi, Mayo Daga, Mayo Sina, Tamiya, Kwara-Kwara, Tungan Lugere, Timjire, Nguroje and other villages in the hinterlands of Mambilla Plateau.
“The Federal Government has also put in motion long time solutions including mediation between opposing groups in the communal conflict,” Mr. Akande said.