Benue Govt Visits Attacked Communities Condoles With Victims
Delegation of Benue State government has visited and donated relief materials to hundreds of displaced people in six council wards in Kwande Local Government Area in the aftermath of suspected herdsmen attacks.
The delegation was led by the deputy Governor, Dr Sam Ode, Secretary to the State Government, Professor Joseph Alakali, Executive secretary State Emergency and management Agency, James Iorpuu, and others where they assured of bringing the crisis to end.
The Deputy Governor, Dr Sam Ode, who represented Gov Hyacinth Alia, promised that a Military post would be established in Abaji to prevent the bandits from attacking farmers in Anyiase, Abande and Nundugh and directed the commissioner of Police to back up the police station in Jato Aka with fifty more police personnel for swift response.
Adding that the boundary demarcation between Benue, Taraba, Cameroon, Ebonyi and Nasarawa would commence next month, a measure he believes would serve as a non kinetic approach in tackling insecurity situation in the state.
Addressing the people, he assured them that Government would not fold her hands and watch bandits kill, destroy and take over their communities.
The Secretary to the State Government, Professor Joseph Alakali and Chairman, Kwande Local Government Council, Rev. Mark Hule assured the people of the governor's commitment to their welfare and was making frantic efforts to resolve the issue once and for all.
The Executive Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Sir James Iorpuu assured the people of the agency's continuous supply of food and non food items to cushion the sufferings.