Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has accused the state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Austin Agada and Government Director, Finance and Accounts at Federal Housing Authority FHA, Matthias Byuan, of hiring armed males and thugs to destabilise the state.
The armed males who accompanied Agada and Byuan reportedly made their means into the center of the city in a convoy and began taking pictures sporadically after they bought to Tito Gate, Kashim Ibrahim street, Makurdi.
The duo have been mentioned to have led the armed males spherical components of the outdated GRA and have been headed to property quantity 75, J S Tarka Approach, mentioned to be owned by the Secretary to the Authorities of the Federation, George Akume, when operatives of the Nigerian Police arrived and commenced to have interaction them, earlier than they disappeared.
This was contained in an announcement made accessible to journalists in Makurdi on Friday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sir Tersoo Kula.
The assertion learn: “Recall that Governor Hyacinth Alia had banned all political and social gatherings within the state until additional discover.
“These directives have been later publicly communicated to the general public by way of the Commissioner of Police, Benue State command who authorised enforcement and equally requested the organizers to name off their conferences.
“The federal government is nervous that some persons are nonetheless within the behavior of insisting to derail the relative peace within the state and hinder growth that Gov. Alia is bringing house.
“The safety ambiance in Benue State is just steadily returning to calm after it was charged lately following the unprecedented inflow of armed herders who have been introduced in by enemies of the state to destabilize the federal government.
“We urge Benue individuals to be safety aware and instantly report actions of those fifth columnists as we name on safety companies to arrest these retailers of disaster and produce them to guide to function a deterrent to others.”
