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Taraba governor denies ordering clampdown on Tiv community

By Charles Akpeji, Jalingo
21 October 2016   |   3:10 am
Taraba State Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku has denied ordering a clampdown on the Tiv community over their refusal to accept the change in the name of a village.
Darius Dickson Ishaku
Darius Dickson Ishaku

Taraba State Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku has denied ordering a clampdown on the Tiv community over their refusal to accept the change in the name of a village.

The governor recently changed the name of Dan-Anacha village, an area dominated by the Tiv to Kwararafa.In a statement yesterday by the Senior Special Assistant on Media Matters, Silvanus Y. Giwa, the governor described the allegation as baseless.

An online publication reported recently: “The governor has directed his officials to burn down the houses of Tiv people if they resist his order on the new name change for the village.”

Reacting to the publication, Ishaku reiterated his determination not to sideline any ethnic group in the state irrespective of political or religious affiliation. He advised the public to dismiss the story.

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2 Comments

  • Author’s gravatar

    When has it become part of the duty of State governor to change name of communities?
    Communities has their names before he was elected, therefore, changing any community name can never be of good intention.
    This governor should separate his tribe from his legal office. Lots of evils are happening in Nigeria under this government.

  • Author’s gravatar

    The evil that men do will forever live against them. Tiv people suffer unmersurabl penury because of perceived enemity and fear of domination sense the creation of taraba state.