Benue govt condemns communal clash, deploys troops, calls for lasting peace

The Benue State Government has condemned the caller communal clash betwixt residents of Kaambe Council Ward successful Guma Local Government Area and Mbachaverikondo Council Ward successful Tarka Local Government Area.

The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Chief Solomon Iorpev, disclosed this successful a connection on Wednesday.

Iorpev said portion the authorities was grateful that nary beingness was mislaid successful the incident, it condemned the wanton demolition of spot and looting reported successful the affected communities.

He described the incidental arsenic unacceptable and avoidable, saying it was beneath the dignity of radical who had historically lived broadside by broadside successful unity and brotherhood.

According to him, Benue State has implicit the years contended with superior outer information challenges, making it imperative for its radical to adjacent ranks and unite against outer threats alternatively than crook against 1 another.

“Benue citizens astatine this constituent successful past cannot spend to beryllium their ain force portion facing threats from extracurricular our borders. Our spot lies successful our unity, not our division,” helium said.

Iorpev warned that demolition could acceptable communitie...