Ex-militant calls for return of fleeing Benue monarchs

A renewed telephone has been made for accepted rulers from the Sankera axis of Benue State to instrumentality to their communities aft years of displacement caused by persistent insecurity.

The entreaty was made by a repentant militant leader, Mr. Terzulum Amakaa Akwaza, popularly known arsenic Amakaa Overall Konyo. He urged monarchs who fled Katsina-Ala, Ukum, and Logo Local Government Areas to instrumentality location and reclaim their accepted responsibilities.

Sankera has remained 1 of the astir affected areas successful Benue State’s information crisis, with convulsive clashes spanning astir 2 decades.

At the tallness of the unrest, respective accepted rulers reportedly abandoned their communities owed to nonstop threats and fears of being targeted.

The concern prompted the declaration of exigency information measures during the medication of erstwhile Governor, Samuel Ortom, arsenic authorities sought to incorporate escalating unit successful the region.

In caller months, bid efforts person gained momentum pursuing the “lay down your arms” entreaty by the Benue State Government.

Several erstwhile militant figures, including Akwaza and others,...