TINUBU, NASS LEADERSHIP, OTHERS HEAD TO BENUE

President Bola Tinubu heads to Benue State today to over the recurring and unchallenged armed invasion of its communities by suspected Fulani land grabbers.

His visit follows public outcry against the federal government’s little or no action to stem the recurring and unchallenged attacks, the latest of which reportedly claimed over 200 lives, including children and women, at Yelewata Village last Friday night.

The killers reportedly used sophisticated weapons and fuel to kill, maim and set victims and their houses ablaze. The situation has drawn wide condemnation and concern from the Catholic Pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, and the United Nations, which condemned the attacks and called for the arrest of perpetrators and justice for the victims.

Back home, the opposition People’s Democratic Party and the Coalition of United Political Parties, among others, have bereted the federal government’s poor attitude to the security of the indigenes and further called for a state of emergency on the insecurity in the state.

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Meanwhile, a statement on Monday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said Tinubu would meet with key stakeholders, including traditional rulers, political, religious, community leaders, and youth groups, for lasting solution to the hostilities.

Ahead the visit, Tinubu had dispatched the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and former governor of the state, Senator George Akume, and the National Security Adviser, among others.

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, and the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, had already arrived in Makurdi and Yelewata to lead a coordinated security operations aimed at tracking down the perpetrators.