Insecurity: Benue APC seeks Tinubu’s intervention, says Gov. Alia has run out of ideas
Austin Agada-led faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State, has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene over the incessant killings in the state.
In a statement on Tuesday by its publicity secretary, Daniel Ihomun, the faction said the call became imperative following an alleged failure of the state governor, Hyacinth Alia, to stop the killings.
The faction made the call in a statement while reacting to the recent killing of a police officer and 41 people in four communities in the Gwer West Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Ihomun described the latest killings as another tragic addition to the growing list of unprovoked attacks on the defenceless people of the state.
He said: “It is now crystal clear that the administration of Governor Hyacinth Alia has no strategy or capacity to address the persistent security crisis ravaging Benue communities.
“The government’s inability to stem the tide of bloodshed has left our people vulnerable, and the silence from the corridors of power is both deafening and damning.”
The party also criticised what it described as the “conspicuous silence” of the Benue State House of Assembly and condemned the lawmakers’ sudden recess.
“As representatives of the people, their inaction and failure to speak out against these atrocities is utterly unacceptable.
“The leadership of the Assembly has sadly turned its back on those they were elected to serve. At a time when our state is engulfed in what amounts to a genocide, there is absolutely no justification for legislative recess or passivity.
“As defenders of our people, the APC Benue State Chapter calls on His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, to urgently intervene by deploying more security personnel to the state to protect lives and restore peace.
“The state government has clearly run out of ideas and lacks the political will to confront this menace,” the party’s publicity secretary said.
The party, however, reiterated its call for a stakeholders’ security meeting to address the rising insecurity in the state.
