The Benue Youth Forum, has said
that those calling for declaration of state of emergency in Benue are the
sponsors of killer herdsmen in the state.
Speaking through its president,
Terrence Kuanum, in Makurdi, the state capital, yesterday, the youths insisted
that the plot to have emergency rule in the state was being orchestrated by
those who were opposed to the state’s grazing law.
They said some set of persons are
bent on forcefully taking over the Benue valley from the indigenous people of
the state.
The Youth Forum President said,
“We have observed the desperate attempts by some mischief makers to cause chaos
in Benue state with a view to worsening the security situation and creating an
environment that could lead to the declaration of a state of emergency in the
state.
“The people of Benue State have
had enough of the violent invasion of their land and massacre of inhabitants,
especially women and children.
“The gruesome killing of innocent
people in some Benue communities by armed herdsmen since the beginning of 2018
is one dark development that has thrown people in the state and beyond in an
unprecedented shock.
“Following that up with
inordinate ambition to destabilize Benue in the name of state of emergency will
no doubt, give credence to the belief that the state is under siege by enemies
of democracy and peoples liberty.
“Those drumming for emergency
rule in Benue state must be told that they are the same ones sponsoring
insecurity in the state and their evil plot has failed on arrival.
“If enemies of the people push
for declaration of a state of emergency in Benue, then one would be tempted to
ask what would be the situation in Kaduna and Taraba states where the mayhem
caused by the marauding blood suckers were, and are still scary beyond
imagination?”
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