The Taraba South Kuteb Communities of Takum, Ussa, and Yangtu have protested the bandit assaults that continue to take place there.

The President of Kuteb Yatgso of Nigeria, KYN, Emmanuel Ukwen, spoke to the media on Tuesday in Jalingo, the state capital. He expressed concern that his people could not be included in the National Census exercise if prompt action is not done to halt the marauders.

It should be remembered that as of right now, the bandits in Takum, Ussa, and Yangtu have slain hundreds of innocent bystanders, he said.

“Equally thousands of people have been displaced from their homes. The state government has neither visited the people to sympathize with them nor provided IDP Camps and relief materials to cushion their hardships; this is indeed worrisome.

“I want the whole world to know that about 80% of Kuteb people are farmers and with the current wave of attacks if care is not taken to stop the conflict, farming activities may be grounded and famine will be inevitable in Takum, Ussa, and Yangtu areas

“We wish to inform the governor and the world that killings are ongoing in most parts of Takum and USSA LGAs as well as the Yangtu special development area.

“School Activities have stooped in the affected areas for over one year now. There is no free movement of persons in the affected areas because one could be attacked at any point.

“We wish to appeal to Gov. Darius Ishaku to use the about one month left for him to stop the genocide.

“We wish to call on Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku to do more to protect lives and properties irrespective of one’s ethnic or religious affiliation as enshrined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

Ukwen requested of the National Population Commission (NPC) that it “find a way to ensure that the affected are not left out during the house numbering and headcount as far as they are citizens of Nigeria.”