Taraba council boss, Abershi Musa resigns

Abershi Musa, the chairman of the caretaker committee for the Taraba State's Ussa Local Government Council, resigned from his position on Wednesday.

In his letter of resignation to Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku, he said: “I write to notify you of my voluntary resignation as the Caretaker Chairman of Ussa Local Government Council with effect from today, the 5th of April, 2023.”

Although he did not provide a justification for his decision,  it was learned that the ongoing killings in his neighbourhood forced him to retire.

According to DAILY POST, the house of the traditional ruler of the council was burned down earlier this week by suspected herdsmen, in addition to the attacks that have resulted in numerous fatalities and the damage of items worth millions of naira.

A close source to the former chairman who spoke anonymously claimed his resignation “has become necessary following the inability of the state government to end the senseless killings and the destruction of property going on in Ussa.”

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the council area claimed that his resignation from office was necessitated by the state government's inability to put an end to the turmoil in the council.

An associate of the former chairman who spoke with DAILY POST on the condition of anonymity, said: “I must confess to you that my friend is fed up with the whole situation.”

A few days before the general elections, Yusuf Akirikwe, a former commissioner of water resources who was also from Ussa, resigned from his position.