The Inspector-General of Police,
Ibrahim Idris, on Monday convened a peace meeting with governors and
stakeholders from Benue and Nasarawa to address the disputes between the two
states.
The meeting, which was meant to
find a lasting solution to the incessant farmers/herdsmen clashes in the
states, was however postponed as the governors from the two states were not
present.
It was gathered that the Secretary
to the Benue state government, Anthony Ior, called for the postponement of the
meeting to give room for the State Governors and other stakeholders to
participate.
Ior said “No meaningful
discussion could be made without the presence and input from the state
governors.”
Also speaking at the meeting,
Senator Jack Tilley-Gyado, said that both the Tivs and Fulanis were not in the
meeting.
He noted that they have never
needed anybody to come in between them because they have been friends and
brothers for decades.
Gyado said: “We are playmates,
where is this thing coming from. We must get to the root of this matter. We
must ask ourselves what cankerworm is trying to eat into our body and we must
remove that cankerworm with surgical operation that’s necessary.”
The secretary to the Nasarawa
state government, Abdullahi Mohammed, in his reaction, said that Nasarawa state
is not at war with Benue state as being rumoured by some people.
Mohammed said: “Ordinarily, I see
no reason why we should be here, but out of respect to your office, the
governor directed that we should come and anything that will require sustenance
of peace we should be part of it.”
The IG, however, promised to meet
with the governors of the two states and agree on a new date and venue of the
next meeting.
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