Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba state has asked Christians to rise up to their feet and defend themselves as government can not do it alone.  Ishaku spoke through the Secretary to the State government, Anthony Jellason, who represented him at the the thanks giving service to celebrate new year and also to mourn and pray for Southern Kaduna. This is what he said…

“I was at the site of the mayhem in parts of Ardo Kola this morning and the level of destruction there is unimaginable. A few weeks ago, it was in Gassol, then Karim. We are all aware of what is going on in Southern Kaduna. The people must wake up from their slumber and defend themselves. You can’t just lie down and allow yourselves to be annihilated other groups. You have a constitutional right to self-defense and now is the time to use it. The government alone cannot do it.”