Communal Strife: Move to Establish Adamawa Peace Commission, Others Welcoming – CISLAC

The Civil Society and Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, and members of the Civil Society, Media Defence and Security Steering Committee, North East, have applauded the move by the Adamawa State Government to establish a Peace Commission in the State.

To mitigate recurring communal strife in Adamawa, it was gathered that the incumbent administration of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, recently assented the Bill to create the Peace Commission, among other sustainable initiatives launched.

CISLAC and members of the Steering Committee gave their commendation in Yola recently, while presenting an advocacy note to Mr. Usman Suleiman, Permanent Secretary, Security and Special Services, Government House.

They said: “We acknowledge the remarkable efforts of the state governments and the defence and security agents in restoring peace and security in the North-East, by curbing the activities of insurgents, bandits, Kidnappers, farmer-herder crisis, and many other activities of the armed opposition groups”.

While responding, Mr. Suleiman, thanked CISLAC and the delegation for their visit.

He assured that their recommendations towards promoting peace and security in not only Adamawa, but across the North East region will be considered by their State Government.

“You know Adamawa State is one of the states affected by Boko Haram. The local hunters and vigilantes were the ones who did most of the work concerning Boko-Haram, compared to the conventional security agents.

“The state government is still working towards synergy. We are supporting the hunters and the vigilantes. Some of them are even working in collaboration with the military agencies in their deployed areas.

“Concerning Legal backing of the vigilante groups and the Hunter union, it is important to note that the state has no security output of its own. Nevertheless, the state still supports them, and that is why we have a level of relative peace,” he said.