President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said his delays in visiting violence – hit areas and trouble spots was his own way of monitoring developments instead of rushing there to make noise.

Buhari stated this while speaking in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital during his fact-finding visit to assess the situation in the state and condole with the victims and families of those affected in the violence.

The local government areas worst hit by the herdsmen/farmers clashes are Lau, Ibi, Gassol, Bali, Wukari, Takum and Sardauna where scores, who have now been buried in mass graves were killed in renewed violence over the weekend.

“I am here to meet with the leadership of the state to offer my condolences to those who lost loved ones and properties in the violence. People sometimes expect one to rush out to the fields, to go and make noise.

“But I have my ways of gathering intelligence. I get to know what is happening across the country without necessarily going to those areas. I will be going to Benue and Zamfara after I return from Ghana to console with the people,” President Buhari said.

He called on traditional rulers in the state to intensify efforts towards fostering peaceful co-existence at all times to forestall any recurrence of violence in their various chiefdoms.

The President’s delegation which included the Minister of Women Affairs, Hajia Aisha Alhassan, Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali, Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, some Service Chiefs and National Assembly members from the state were received by the Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku on arrival.