By Sunday Ogli, Makurdi
Senator representing Benue North-East Senatorial District, Barr. Emmanuel Memga Udende, said he has briefed the Presidency about the sustained killings in his senatorial zone.
That move has triggered a deployment of the military with the view to provide security and restore sanity in the affected areas.
The senator in a statement signed by his media aide, Jerry Iorngaem on Sunday, expressed concerns at the needless killings and its alarming proportion.
He said the recent coordinated attacks by marauding herdsmen in Gbagir, Mbatyu, Une, and Mbater, all in Logo, Ukum and Katsina-Ala Local Government Areas that resulted to loss of innocent lives, including those of children is the height of pogrom.
The atrocity, he said, took place despite prior information about the influx of attackers..
Senator Udende reiterated his commitment to attracting development in the senatorial zone, but expressed concern that the sustained attacks and rising insecurity in the zone and Benue state in general will affect those intentions, projects and programmes.
The senator who chairs the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, explained that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is aware of the ugly development and troops have already been deployed to the affected areas to ensure security of lives and properties and forestall further attacks.
He commiserated with the families of those who lost their loved ones in the attacks and prayed for speedy recovery for the injured.
He vowed to continue advocating for the safety and well-being of his constituents, having moved several motions in the past on the insecurity in Benue North-East.
