Alia rejects allegations of silence over Benue killings

Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr Hyacinth Alia, has rejected allegations that helium remained soundless implicit the killings successful Ayilamo assemblage successful Logo Local Government Area, describing them arsenic unfair and inexpensive blackmail.

He disclosed this portion reacting to comments credited to Dr Terver Akase, media advisor to the PDP governorship candidate, successful a connection issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula.

He said the allegations were thing much than an effort by a sinking enactment to manufacture excuses for its impending decision successful 2027.

Governor Alia said disapproval and accountability are indispensable ingredients of ideology and bully governance, but argued that nationalist sermon and governmental campaigns should beryllium guided by facts and a just appraisal of records.

“The absorption should not beryllium allowed to distract this medication from the task of transforming the authorities to its rightful enviable height,” helium said

Alia expressed interest that erstwhile Governor Samuel Ortom and PDP campaigner Michael Aondoakaa, who some had opportunities to service astatine assorted levels, failed woefully by the aforesaid standards they present question to enforce connected others.

Governor Alia queried wherefore killings continued successful Benue during the Ortom administration, adjacent aft what helium described arsenic the “so-called signing of the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Law”, which the absorption present celebrates ...