Nasarawa elders to Al-Makura: You are cruel, irresponsible

The Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has been told to forget his 2015 second term ambition and prepare to quit the state Government House.
This was the position taken by community leaders in the state on Saturday.
The community leaders alleged that since Al-Makura took over from Aliyu Akwe Doma three years ago, most communities have witnessed no peace.
They also alleged that the governor had been at loggerheads with prominent politicians in the state, including some serving senators like Solomon Ewuga.
A political scientist and a lecturer with the Federal University, Lafia, Chief C. A. Uhembe, who spoke on behalf of the community leaders, described Al-makura as irresponsible and a cruel leader.
Uhembe, who is the traditional leader of Massev, Nogov, Iharev Development and Cultural Association, Plateau State chapter, was reviewing the recent security situation in Nasarawa and Benue States.
He said: “God is working for us.
“For the past four days, there has been no case of Fulanis attacking any Tiv home again and we must commend the Federal Government for the intervention.”
Speaking on Al-Makura’s call for the review of military operations in Nasarawa State, Uhembe chided the governor.
He described him as a sycophant.
He said: “If he said the Fulanis killed by federal troops were not the ones terrorizing farmers within Nasarawa and Benue States, let him provide the real operators.”
Similarly, the acting president of the Tiv Youths Organization, Nasarawa State chapter, described the governor’s action as unfortunate, stressing that his condolences to the Fulani was a clear indication that he is in the picture of those perpetrating the killing intrigues in the area.
Uhembe added: “If he wants to justify his claim, what efforts did he make in assisting the Benue State Government in containing their border watch so as to avert the killings?”
The Eagle Online gathered that Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State had on several occasions also traded blames on the actions or inaction of his Nasarawa State counterpart on those responsible for the killing and how to contain it.
Tiv people in the Southern part of Nasarawa State occupying Awa, Obi, Doma, Keana and other local governments of the state have come under series of attacks in the past few months.
Communities in Gwer West, Guma, Agatu and other local government areas of Benue State have equally been sacked.
Suswam’s grouse and suspicion was that the attackers were always using Nasarawa State as escape routes without apprehension.
It was owing to this that Suswam appealed for the intervention of the Federal Government.