Police dismiss alleged planned terror attack in Taraba

The Taraba State Police Command has dismissed a viral video alleging a planned violent onslaught successful parts of the state, assuring residents that determination is nary origin for panic.

The video, which circulated connected societal media since Friday, claimed that attacks would hap connected March 23, 2026, successful Takum and Donga Local Government Areas, creating hostility and forcing immoderate residents to fly their homes.

In a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Victor Mshelizah described the video arsenic mendacious and fabricated, saying it was intended to disturb nationalist peace.

He said the bid was alert of the video and had taken proactive steps with different information agencies to forestall immoderate breakdown of instrumentality and order.

According to the statement, the Commissioner of Police, CP Betty Enekpen Isokpan Otimenyin, has ordered the deployment of operational and intelligence-driven information measures crossed the authorities to safeguard lives and property.

The bid urged residents, particularly those successful Takum and Donga, to spell astir their lawful activities without fear, noting that information operatives had been strategically positioned ...