UMCN flays call for declaration of state of emergency in Taraba

The Director, Connectional Ministries of the Southern Conference of the United Methodist Church in Nigeria (UMCN), Rev. Philip Micah Dopah, has described as senseless, a call on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Taraba State by a Political Group from the state.

Rev. Dopah, who doubles as the Leader of the Southern Conference of the UMCN, stated this while briefing the media in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital.

While reacting to a call by a Group in the state under the umbrella of Taraba Progressive Movement that President Muhammadu Buhari should declare a state of emergency in Taraba because the security situation in the state has worsened and that the curfew declared by the State Government did not stop the killings of innocent people and destruction of properties by political thugs, the Christian Clergy said nothing can change the will of God for Taraba.

He said: “The Group is not unaware of the fact that during the Presidential Campaign Rally of President Muhammadu Buhari in Taraba State where so many people lost their lives, the Governorship Candidate of APC in the state asked Mr. President to send Security Agencies to the state during elections to help him have his way”.

Daily Times, Monday 18, March.

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