Benue killings: Akume conveys Tinubu’s grief, vows federal action
The Secretary to the Govt of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, has reaffirmed President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to ending the ongoing killings in Benue Deliver, following his emotional search the advice of with to communities stricken by the most contemporary round of violence in Guma Local Govt Place.
Senator Akume, who returned to his home convey earlier than the President’s planned condolence search the advice of with, toured the residing of the June 13 attack in Yelewata, the build dozens were killed and plenty others injured. He met survivors, visited the injured on the Benue Deliver University Instructing Clinical institution (BSUTH), and addressed displaced families on the Market IDP camp.
Speaking on X, Akume described the scene as harrowing. “I returned home, earlier than @officialABAT’s condolence search the advice of with to Benue, weighed down by the peril of the Yelewata killings. I used to be on the sites of the attack, met survivors who spoke by tears, & visited these struggling with for their lives… The disaster is uncooked. The sorrow is deep,” he posted.
Akume assured the grieving communities that President Tinubu shares of their sorrow and is making “concerted efforts” to guarantee a lasting answer to the crisis that has plagued substances of Benue for years. “This crisis has gone on too long. No person deserves to are residing in anguish or uncertainty of their very bear homeland,” he said.
The SGF also conveyed the federal authorities’s commitment to deploying extra safety personnel to the affected areas and promised that the National Emergency Administration Agency (NEMA) would send reduction supplies to ease the struggling of displaced families.
Akume, visibly moved by the struggling he witnessed, gave a non-public assurance: “I introduced Mr President’s heartfelt condolences… but I also carry my deepest hiss too. I will now not abandon my bear. We're going to now not leisure till our homesteads are accumulate and peace returns to our lands.”
Local leaders, including the Senator representing Benue North-West, Titus Zam, and Dwelling of Representatives member Dickson Tarkighir, accompanied Akume for the duration of the search the advice of with and likewise identified as for pressing and sustained federal intervention.
Ragged authorities from the Nyiev District, the build the attack took place, said over 100 lives had been misplaced in most contemporary weeks and appealed for the institution of a Cellular Police Unit within the distance to cease extra bloodshed.
