{"id":10352,"date":"2025-06-19T01:53:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T01:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=10352"},"modified":"2025-06-19T01:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T01:55:14","slug":"benue-killings-i-expect-arrests-tinubu-directs-security-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=10352","title":{"rendered":"Benue killings: I expect arrests, Tinubu directs security chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/18153316\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-18-at-15.19.28_c393a78e.jpg\" alt=\"President Bola Tinubu consoles a survivor of the Yelewata attack during a visit to a hospital in Makurdi, Benue State\u2026 on Wednesday. Photo: State House\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday directed the security chief to arrest perpetrators of last Friday\u2019s massacre in Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChristopher\u2026 We need to get our ears to the ground. Let\u2019s get those criminals. Let\u2019s get them out,\u201d Tinubu told the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, during a town hall meeting with political leaders in Benue State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tinubu is visiting Benue, a hotbed of recent killings by armed herdsmen that claimed at least 100 lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to the Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, he said, \u201cYour political enemies don\u2019t want you to succeed\u2026Are you just realising that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe cannot do without another. I will want us to create a leadership committee now to meet in Abuja to fashion out a strategy for lasting peace. And I am ready to invest in that peace,\u201d&nbsp;he&nbsp;said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tinubu earlier visited persons recovering from last Friday\u2019s attack by armed herders at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was received by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, and the host Governor, Hyacinth Alia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attack claimed over 100 lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">punch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday directed the security chief to arrest perpetrators of last Friday\u2019s massacre in Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. \u201cChristopher\u2026 We 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