The Benue State government has
banned public processions following violence, which erupted on Wednesday when
residents in Makurdi stormed the streets to express their grievances over
incessant killing of people in the rural areas by gunmen.
No fewer than 20 people were
killed in two local government areas of Guma and Logo by the gunmen who invaded
the affected vicinities.
The development sparked serious
protest among youths in the state.
The protest, which later turned
violent escalated when Governor Samuel Ortom attempted to calm the protesters
who had blocked major access roads and caused hardship for motorists plying the
route to the north and eastern part of the state.
Ortom, who later announced the
ban on public procession shortly after security operatives whisked him away to
Government House in Makurdi also called on security agencies to carry out
thorough investigation into the attack on protesting students which led to the
loss of lives.”
Confirming the procession in a
statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, he said, “the
governor commiserated with families of the victims and described the attack on
the young protesters as insensitive to the current mood of the people who are
in grief over the killing of many innocent people by suspected armed herders.
“He condemned the attack on the
protesters and assured that the state government would ensure that those
responsible for the death of the three youths were brought to justice.”
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