The Chairman of Kwali Area Council, Danladi Chiya, had condemned the Tuesday’s herders-farmers clash which left six persons injured in the area, while urging security agents to fish out culprits behind the incident.
Chiya spoke when he visited the Fulani camp in company of his vice chairman, Alhaji Zubairu Jibirin Yewuti, and security agents to sympathise with the affected victims.
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He said it was disheartening that some people took laws into their own hands to attack each other with cutlasses instead of seeking dialogue for peace to reign, adding that security agents must not leave any stone unturned to fish out those behind the incident.
The chairman, while calling for calm among farmers and herders in the area, assured the people that the council would foot the hospital bills of the six injured victims.
Also speaking, the director of security in charge of the FCT, Gwary Buba Adamu, said it was unfortunate that such an incident was happening when the country needed peace most.
He said peace cannot be compromised in the FCT, assuring that the security agents would do everything possible to ensure that the perpetrators are fished out.Director General, FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Dr Abbas Idriss, disclosed this yesterday, when he received in his office executive members of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, led by its chairman, Comrade Emmanuel Ogbeche.
He said the administration is worried by the healthcare challenge of the over 36,000 IDPs living in the nation’s capital.
Idriss added that about 400 women IDPs have been trained on soap, cream and antiseptic making; while 200 other women were also trained on other ventures, to ensure that the IDPs have means of livelihood.
Ogbeche had earlier appealed to the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, to increase funding for FEMA.
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