Billiri crisis: Eight people killed, 51 injured, property worth N53.358m lost

Six months after the Billiri crisis in the aftermath of the installation of a new Mai Tangale, it has been confirmed that eight people lost their lives in the crisis while 51 others got various degrees of injuries just as properties worth the total sum of N531,358,468.00 million were lost.

The disclosure was made by an assessment committee set up by the Gombe State Government to investigate the Billiri Royal throne crisis in the early part of this year. 

Rising from its State Executive Council (SEC) meeting on Wednesday afternoon, the State Government said that it is looking at the possibility of compensating those who were badly affected by the crisis in order to heal wounds and ensure that lasting peace returned to the area.

According to the State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Mr Julius Ishaya, while briefing newsmen at the end of the SEC meeting, a five-man committee made up of four unnamed Commissioners and the Chairman of Billiri Local Government Council, Margaret Bitrus, was formed to look at ways of compensating the victims.

According to the report of the assessment committee which the council ratified during the meeting, 41 houses worth over N94,666,000 destroyed.

The report also stated that 401 cooperate business places, 335 individual business places as well as 66 others belonging to Billiri Local Government valued at N148,135,000 were destroyed.

He further said that 33 worship centres worth over N33,129,000 and other property such as cars, animals among many others worth over N31,480,000 were destroyed, making a total sum of N542,258,468.

The commissioner said that the council mandated the five-man committee to proffer ways of generating funds to compensate victims including the local council whose property was also destroyed.

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