TARABA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS DEFENDED THE ARREST OF A CLERIC

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TARABA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS DEFENDED THE ARREST OF A CLERIC, BAZEL YOILA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES, DSS, DISMISSING ALLEGATIONS OF IMPROPRIETY AND CONDEMNING WHAT IT DESCRIBED AS INFLAMMATORY COMMENTS CAPABLE OF INCITING UNREST. TARABA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS DEFENDED THE ARREST OF A CLERIC, BAZEL YOILA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES, DSS, DISMISSING ALLEGATIONS OF IMPROPRIETY...

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• TARABA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS DEFENDED THE ARREST OF A CLERIC, BAZEL YOILA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES, DSS, DISMISSING ALLEGATIONS OF IMPROPRIETY AND CONDEMNING WHAT IT DESCRIBED AS INFLAMMATORY COMMENTS CAPABLE OF INCITING UNREST.
• TARABA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS DEFENDED THE ARREST OF A CLERIC, BAZEL YOILA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES, DSS, DISMISSING ALLEGATIONS OF IMPROPRIETY AND CONDEMNING WHAT IT DESCRIBED AS INFLAMMATORY COMMENTS CAPABLE OF INCITING UNREST.IN A STATEMENT BY THE STATE COMMISSIONER FOR INFORMATION AND RE-ORIENTATION, ZAINAB JALINGO, THE GOVERNMENT MAINTAINED THAT SECURITY AGENCIES ACTED PROACTIVELY IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC PEACE AND RESPONSIBLE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.THE STATEMENT ALSO CRITICIZED COMMENTS MADE BY JOHN WESLEY, IDENTIFIED AS BISHOP EMERITUS, WHO PUBLICLY FAULTED THE TARABA STATE DSS COMMAND OVER THE ARREST.THE GOVERNMENT SAID ITS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE RECONCILIATION PROCESS WITHIN THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN NIGERIA HAS BEEN NEUTRAL AND AIMED SOLELY AT PREVENTING INTERNAL CHURCH DISPUTES FROM ESCALATING INTO WIDER COMMUNAL TENSIONS.
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TARABA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS DEFENDED THE ARREST OF A CLERIC, BAZEL YOILA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES, DSS, DISMISSING ALLEGATIONS OF IMPROPRIETY AND CONDEMNING WHAT IT DESCRIBED AS INFLAMMATORY COMMENTS CAPABLE OF INCITING UNREST. TARABA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS DEFENDED THE ARREST OF A CLERIC, BAZEL YOILA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES, DSS, DISMISSING ALLEGATIONS OF IMPROPRIETY...

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February 25, 2026