Photos: PDP Governors Meet In Benue States After Killing Of Soldiers

The governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have been received in Makurdi, the Benue State Capital by Governor Samuel Ortom.

Although the detail of the meeting is yet to be disclosed, a statement signed by the Director-General of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Cyril Maduabum, said the governors will discuss a number of issues and would come up with an implementable blueprint for tackling insecurity and various criminal activities facing the country.

Maduabum noted that the meeting would also give room for the governors to review the state of the party.

The meeting might be in connection with recent communal clashes between communities in Konshisha and Oju Local Government Areas leading to the death of at least ten soldiers and other civilians.

Currently, the military operation is ongoing in the two communities while Samuel Ortom has called for restraint on all sides, including the military.

Ortom in a statement on Friday said, “I have already directed leaders of the affected areas to ensure that the weapons the bandits took away from the military personnel deployed to bring peace between the warring communities are returned without delay.”

He asked members of those communities to expose perpetrators of the unprovoked attacks on the military.

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The Governor condemned the attacks, adding that, “such an act is condemnable and also capable of jeopardizing the efforts the Government has made to guarantee the return of peace to the area.”

He added, “Our administration is determined to see the end of the crisis and will support security agencies to fish out those fomenting trouble.

“I however urge the military to avoid civilian casualties and protect law-abiding people while efforts are on to recover their missing weapons.”