Nigerian Concord Newspaper
The Youths Council of Benue State has faulted the governor of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Abdullahi Sule over his “sensitive” comments on the security challenges in Benue state, saying that his comments were enough to give courage to the killers.
Governor Sule had few days ago blamed the persistent killings in Benue on Reverend Father Hyancith Alia’s alleged suspension of the Anti Open Grazing Law which was put in place by the immediate past administration.
According to Sule, the suspension of the Law had given enough advantage to Fulani herders to continue to kill people in the state.
But, reacting in a press statement which was signed by its president, Barrister Anthony Apine, the Youths Council of Benue State said that Governor Sule was only being political with his statement as a result of his relationship with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume whom they accused to have been sponsoring his men to organize “deadly” protests to further heighten insecurity in Benue state.
Recall that Mr. Michael Msuaan and Honourable Chris Tarkaa who are both loyalists of Senator George Akume had been fingered in some planned protests in Abuja and Benue state.
The Youths Council of Benue State pressed further that insecurity isn’t a Benue state thing alone, urging Governor Sule to try and curb the Fulani herders killings in his state first before blaming anyone.
“Governor Sule is economical with truths and we aren’t surprised. He is working with the SGF to destroy Benue state for political reasons and we won’t allow it. We are advising Governor Sule to firstly remove the log of wood In his eyes before trying to remove the dust in the eyes of Governor Alia.
“It’s on good authority that Governor Sule has been unable to curb insecurity and Fulani herders killings in Nasarawa State. We also want to reliably inform him that the influx of eighty percent of these marauders that are killing in Benue State are through the border of his own state, Nasarawa so we expect him to tighten his border first before apportioning blames unreasonably” the group said.