National Assembly takes action as Reps, top Nigerian gov clash, reason, details emerge

• Tensions emergence betwixt the Benue State Government and the House of Representatives implicit the surge successful killings
• Rep. Philip Agbese blamed Governor Hyacinth Alia for allegedly abandoning the state's anti-open grazing law
• Governor Alia, done his media aide, dismissed Agbese’s claims, stating that suspending laws requires owed legislative process and reaffirming his committedness to enforcing the anti-grazing law

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As the National Assembly resumes from its agelong recess connected Tuesday, May 6, the House of Representatives and the Benue authorities authorities person disagreed connected the reasons for the spates of killings successful the authorities successful the past fewer months.

Reps to deliberate connected Benue killings, summon authorities governor. Photo credit: House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria
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The Deputy Spokesman of the House, Philip Agbese, has blamed Governor Hyacinth Alia for what it described arsenic abandonment of the authorities anti-open grazing instrumentality for the summation successful the killings of guiltless citizens successful caller times.

The politician fired backmost and accused Agbese of knowing the adjacent to thing astir however laws are suspended successful authorities legislatures.

The politician who spoke done his method advisor connected communication, media and publicity, Solomon Iorpev said that successful a antiauthoritarian system, determination are processes to repeal existing laws.

He said:

"I don’t similar to respond to those who bash not cognize their close manus from their near manus due to the fact that it’s lone successful a subject authorities that you perceive astir suspension of laws without pursuing owed process."

Insecurity: Reps summon Benue, Zamfara gov

Recall that the House of Representatives went connected recess connected March 27 to people Eid-el-Fitr and Easter, aboriginal extending resumption to May 6 owed to Workers’ Day celebrations.

While connected break, Legit.ng besides reported that Christian younker radical sounded the alarm implicit relentless killings successful Benue and Plateau states, decrying the emergence successful wide burials caused by attacks from equipped gangs, starring to nationwide outcry and calls for statesmanlike intervention.

However, the House Committee connected Public Petitions, summoned Governors of Benue and Zamfara to explicate issues relating to governance and information successful their states.

In an interrogation with The Punch, the lawman spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, said the enactment of the House is committed to speaking against each forms of criminality successful the country, peculiarly the killings of defenceless Nigerians and demolition of their property.

On the incessant killings successful Benue State implicit the past fewer months, Agbese who represents Ado/Ogbadigbo/Okpokwu Federal Constituency of the State, blamed the governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia for his handling of the authorities anti-grazing law.

He said:

“As we resume time (Tuesday), we are prepared to tackle squarely the contented of insecurity crossed the country.”“Before his (Gov Alia) election, determination was an anti unfastened grazing instrumentality successful place. He wholly abandoned that instrumentality and was engaged claiming that determination were nary issues successful Benue. The politician kept referring to the ECOWAS Protocol which guarantees escaped question of radical and goods wrong the West Africa sub region.“Truth arsenic that whitethorn sound, the ECOWAS Protocol does not marque country for reckless quality transit without documentation, and this is what immoderate of america pointed retired to the governor,” helium added.

Benue Assembly reviews Reps summons today

The Benue State House of Assembly volition contiguous (Tuesday) instrumentality a determination connected whether oregon not to honour the invitation of the House of Representative Committee connected Public Petitions.

The Assembly volition contiguous deliberate connected whether to honour the House of Representatives' summons, slated for Thursday, March 8.

They are to look earlier the committee to explicate wherefore their law functions should not beryllium taken implicit by the House of Representatives.

Commenting connected the summon connected Sunday, the Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Dajoh Hyacinth, said that helium had yet to person the invitation.

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Herdsmen termination 10 worshippers successful Benue

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that 10 worshippers were killed by equipped herdsmen astatine Gbagir assemblage successful Ukum section authorities country of Benue state.

The equipped herdsmen attacked and killed the Christian worshippers connected Good Friday, April 18, 2025.

It was gathered that the herdsmen ambushed worshippers connected their mode to commemorate the suffering and decease of Jesus Christ.

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