Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State says the security situation in the State is now back to normal, following skirmishes witnessed last week.
Fielding questions from State House Correspondents on Tuesday, the Governor blamed a former Governor of the State, Danjuma Goje, who is a serving Senator representing Gombe Central for causing last week’s mayhem, where lives and property were lost.
He said: “The security situation in my State is calm now and people are going about their normal activities. The issue we had before now was caused by a former Governor of the State, Danjuma Goje, a serving Senator, who you all know. He tried causing mayhem, and the people resisted that but as result of the skirmish that ensued, lives were lost and some people’s properties were destroyed.
That is what we as a government are kicking against. Everybody knows he was the one that brought the killer thugs known as Kalare in Gombe but as the Governor of the State, I will not tolerate Kalare and whoever is involved in Kalare activities, no matter how highly placed, we will stop him and we will end Kalare by the Grace of God.”
On Goje’s accusation that some officials of Gombe State Government are threatening his life, a matter he had since reported to the Inspector General of Police, the Governor said investigation would reveal the truth.
“They authorities concerned will find out the truth since he has reported so that the matter would be investigated. Let’s wait for the outcome of the investigation but whoever knows the history of Gombe knows who Goje is and they know who Inuwa (The current Gov) is.
He adds that People know the difference between the two personalities.
Lateefah Ibrahim
