Breaking: Curfew Declared In Taraba, As Tension Heightens After Guber Polls Result

Acting Governor of Taraba state Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi has pronounced a 6:am to 7:pm curfew, following the post election violence that engulfed the state after the declaration of the state governorship results.

This was revealed in a press release signed by the acting governor on Monday.

The statement said that total compliance to the curfew would help to curtail an avoidable political crisis in the state.

Findings revealed that no fewer than six persons were killed at Sunkani the headquarters of Ardo Kola local government area of the state, as a result of the post election crisis. The violence broke out, before the declaration of the election results ‘inconclusive’.

In Jalingo, the state capital, several properties were destroyed at Narawo village while Army Patrol has made a few arrests, with weapons recovered from others as well.

Fresh reports suggest reported cases in Jalingo, Ardo Kola, Gasol and Sadauna local government areas of the state. On the casualties of the crisis is a brother of Mark Useni, the speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly; who was said to have been killed by some gunmen in Takum local government area of Taraba state.

Meanwhile, the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in Taraba state Dickson Ishaku has called on all his supporters to remain calm despite the declaration of the state gubernatorial election as inconclusive by INEC.

NewsWireNgr had reported that the elections in Taraba was declared ‘inconclusive’. The Taraba state Returning Officer for the governorship election, Prof. Muhamed Kyari, declared the governorship election in the state inconclusive following the large number of cancelation of votes in the exercise.

He wondered why INEC decided to cancel the election in Donga Local government area where PDP scored over 36,000 against APC which scored just over 10,000 votes.

“INEC has been cancelling elections in poling units all over the federation where there are problems, I cannot imagine somebody to come and cancel election in a whole local government area where we have 165 poling units because of a problem that affect just 5 poling units.”

“I appreciate the people of Taraba state who came out enmass to vote for me, destiny can be delayed but cannot be changed, am appealing to all my supporters to remain calm as we as responsible people are following the issue with wisdom” Ishaku stated.