Tiv, Jukun communities finally embrace peace, vow to sheathe swords

After years of killings and destruction of property occasioned by upheavals in Assa and Chonku chiefdoms of Wukari Council of Taraba State, the Tiv and Jukun ethnic groups came together for the first time yesterday, at the instance of the committee, to exchange pleasantries.

This was as the resettlement committee assigned to sensitise the chiefdoms in the state on peaceful coexistence appealed to the two ethnic groups to sheathe their swords to allow for healing and reconciliation.

Newsmen observed them reiterating their commitment to work with the committee to bring back persons who fled the communities as a result of the crises.

Vowing to sheathe their swords, the warring parties described Governor Darius Ishaku’s decision to set up the committee as a sign of genuine reconciliation.

The historic occasion took place at the Lincoln Multipurpose Hall in Wukari.

Also, the two tribes visited the chairman, Taraba State Council of Chiefs, Dr. Shakarau Angyu, in his palace.

Led by Edward Adi, with Luka Agbu as secretary, the committee has security outfits operating in the state, representatives of the two ethnic groups, and traditional rulers from both chiefdoms as members.