Insecurity: Nasarawa Moves To Establish Surveillance Bases At Flashpoints

The Nasarawa State government has said it would establish security surveillance bases to respond to security threats on its soil.

It explained that the surveillance base would be at notable flashpoints in the state’s three senatorial zones.

This is even as it was said that the humanitarian crisis thrown up by the recent attack on the Telewata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State has been overwhelming.

Responding to the stakeholders’ appeal from the Nasarawa West zone, at a citizens’ budget town hall consultation meeting in Keffi, the Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Planning, Hajiya Munira Abdullahi, noted that the bases would be equipped with modern surveillance equipment to enhance intelligence-driven security.

Meanwhile, the State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) said it has been responding to the humanitarian crisis occasioned by the recent attack on the Yelewata community.

The Director General of the Agency, Barrister Ben Akwash, who disclosed this to our correspondent in an interview, explained that the state’s Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp at the Kadarko primary school in Keana Local Government area is already overwhelmed because of the influx of displaced victims.

He said that on Saturday, over 700 people fleeing from Yelewata and neighbouring communities flooded the camp, adding that the figure rose to over 2,000 on Monday and is still counting.

He stated that apart from the camp, more displaced persons ran to Tiv communities in the state’s Doma and Keana local government areas for refuge.

“Kadarako and other neighbouring communities have a significant Tiv population, so it is natural for their kinsmen to run in the face of crisis,” he said.

According to him, the state government is intervening to make their stay in the state less stressful by providing relief materials for them.