Tuesday, June 17, 2025 - Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Monday, June 16, arrived in Benue State to have a firsthand assessment of the security crisis in the state following a series of brutal attacks that claimed dozens of lives and displaced hundreds.
The IGP’s visit comes in the wake of a devastating assault
on Yelwata community last Friday, where suspected herdsmen unleashed violence
that left many de@d.
The attack is the latest in a disturbing wave of killings
that have plagued the state in recent weeks. Benue, a key food-producing region
in North Central Nigeria, has long been the epicenter of deadly clashes often
attributed to tensions between farming communities and nomadic herders.
Egbetokun’s arrival follows a renewed directive by President
Bola Tinubu, who on Sunday ordered security chiefs to take urgent and decisive
steps to restore peace in the state.
“The latest
news of wanton killings in Benue State is very depressing. We must not allow
this bloodletting to continue unabated. Enough is now enough.
I have
directed the security agencies to act decisively and arrest perpetrators of
these evil acts on all sides of the conflict and prosecute them,” the President
said.
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