Japhet Hungwa, the Acting Chairman, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, said villagers at Ortese Village had blocked the Makurdi-Lafia highway over continuous killing of their people.
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Force Commander, Operation Whirl Stroke, Maj.-Gen. Adeyemi Yekini, said on Monday that troops killed 21 armed herdsmen and lost one soldier in Benue State.
Government must as a matter of urgency, set out to unravel the nature of the killings and the people who are involved. The characterization of every killing as the aftermath of the herdsmen-farmer clash and the discordant voices of government and government officials are becoming most worrisome and Benue people are paying very dearly for government’s ineptitude
Reading the message on behalf of the bishop, Rev. Father Tavershima Tyagher of the Catholic Youth Centre Parish, Makurdi, recalled the gruesome murder of the two priests at Saint Ignatius Parish, Mbalom, in Gwer East Local Government Council.
The Army stated this in a statement by its spokesperson, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu
The Senate had before now turned down the report of the committee for not having the imput of the governor
Relying on Order 43 of the Senate standing rules, Sani raised a point of order during plenary on the need to address security concerns in the country.
A source at the closed door grilling of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, by the Senate Committee on Police disclosed this on Friday
Bafarawa who made the appeal on Friday when he paid a condolence visit to Governor Samuel Ortom stressed that it was time to move forward instead of finding who was right or wrong.
The Senate had on Wednesday mandated the panel to find out from Idris why no arrest had been made concerning the killings.
2. As I briefed you and the Rt. Hon. Speaker when we met on the 14th January, 2018, several courses of action had already been taken prior to the Senate Resolutions. You may recall that I told you of the following steps taken as soon as information came to me about the Benue killings.
The Senate decision was sequel to a point of order raised by Senator Joshua Lidani, who demanded for the appearance of the IGP before the Senate
The council made this call in a communiqué signed by its Secretary, Emmanuel Agber, and made available to newsmen on Friday in Makurdi.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that suspected herdsmen on New Year day attacked and killed 73 persons in Logo and Guma Local government areas of Benue.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that suspected herdsmen on New Year day attacked and killed 73 persons in Logo and Guma Local government areas of Benue.
In a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo said it will be a terrible falsehood to suggest he was ever informed by the Governor or anyone else of the imminence of the killing of citizens of our country in those or any other local governments in Benue State.
He said he warned Buhari about 17 months ago of the possibility of the development in a private memorandum.
The governor disclosed this on Sunday when he visited the camps in the two Local Government Areas of the state.
Gunmen on New Year day attacked and killed 50 persons in Logo and Guma Local Government Areas of Benue State.
Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting with Buhari, Idris said he updated the President on the efforts of the police towards ensuring law and order in various communities in the country.