Governor Hyacinth Alia on Monday opened up on a truce-seeking meeting he held with President Bola Tinubu and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume.
The governor, who was a guest on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief programme, said the President convened the meeting as part of a political solution to end the gruesome killings in the state.
Benue, a food-producing state in Nigeria’s North-Central zone, has been under heavy attacks by suspected herdsmen for some time. The killings have lingered for years, with some linking it to inter-communal conflicts as well as the quest for land dominance between the..…READ ORIGINAL & FULL CONTENT HERE