By Terna Chikpa, Jalingo
The Ichen group in Donga native authorities space of Taraba state on Monday declare that the transfer by governor Darius Ishaku to web site the headquarters of the newly created Buban district to Mararaba Sabon-Ginda in opposition to Lagos-Buban which is the unique headquarters of the Buban clan was a menace to safety.
The group led by the chairman, Ali Janya Samuel in press briefing in Jalingo, defined that Lagos Buban was the unique ancestral headquarters of the Buban clan so, siting the district headquarters of Buban in Mararaba Sabon-Ginda could be an error able to sparking disaster among the many Ichen individuals.
“The general public could want to know that every one Ichen clans, together with the Buban clan are traced to specific geographical areas which share widespread shut boundaries with each other. For instance, Buban as a clan has its Ancestral origin at a village referred to as Lagos-Buban which is situated some kilometers off- Baissa highway inside Gayama District. This specific autonomous village is the perfect place to quote the Buban District headquarters for justice and equity. This can encourage them to develop and keep their heritage like another Ichen clan.
“We commend governor Darius Ishaku for creating the Buban District within the Ichen land nonetheless, the proposed state of affairs of the district headquarters to Mararaba Sabon-Ginda is in error. We want to advise the governor to for the curiosity of peace within the Ichen land, situate the headquarters of the district to the unique headquarters of the Benye individuals which is Lagos- Buban.
“There are indications of try by haters of peace to mislead governor Darius Ishaku, on the siting of the Buban District Headquarters. That is coming with components of verifiable details {that a} handful of Buban group residing in Mararraba ( Sabongida), the headquarters of Benye District has commenced building of District palace, indicating the potential of siting the headquarters of the newly created Buban District in Mararraba -Sabongida.
“If that is true, Mararraba -Sabongida, could be the headquarters of two totally different Districts, an act which if allowed to see the sunshine of the day has the potentials of plunging the whole Benye District and its neighborhood into chaos and critical safety threats. The danger related to any try to take action is grave, to say the least.
“We need to use this medium to name on all real lovers of peace and supporters of the governor to advise him accordingly. Frankly talking if this piece of data of a proposal to web site the newly created Buban District headquarters in Mararraba is one thing to go by, we’re afraid the people who find themselves advising Mr governor are taking part in sycophancy and don’t love him nor imply effectively for the state and significantly the Ichen land.
“For readability and avoidance of doubt, Buban group is among the quite a few small communities Benye District performs host to, together with all of the Ichen clans, the three main ethnic teams and lots of different minority tribes in Nigeria.Due to this fact the impression that Benye District is marginalizing the Buban group is an all-time fallacy and deceptive and should not be accepted or taken significantly by anybody standing for peace and justice.
“We want to knowledgeable most people that this singular try of making an attempt to mislead the governor to designate Mararraba, the headquarters of Benye District because the headquarters of one other District is harmful to our lengthy peaceable coexistence. We equally name upon the related safety companies just like the Nigeria Police, the DSS, and so on, to analyze this and make essential suggestions that may make sure the sustainability of the prevailing peace.
“We imagine the Taraba State authorities wouldn’t deliberately incite disaster besides when performing on a deceptive info equipped by those that usually are not snug with the second of peace being loved. Election is by the nook and any acts able to threatening our peaceable coexistence can also be able to irritating the efforts of the federal government for peaceable and clean elections and transition”The group declared.
