Categories: Benue news

Latest Benue News today, Wednesday September 7, 2022

1. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said that Fulani herdsmen militia and other Islamic terrorist groups have been collaborating to sustain their attacks on the state and other parts of the country.

Ortom,in in an interview with Epoch Times TV in Washington, DC, United States of America, herdsmen are a group of criminals operating under different names.

2. The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 30 suspects in connection with the ongoing cult clash that have claimed the lives of three persons in the Gboko Local Government Area of the state

In a bid to restore normalcy in the community, the Chairman of the LGA, Issac Mton, partnered security agencies including policemen attached to the police command in the state.

3. A Federal High Court, Abuja Division, Tuesday fixed October 7 to hear the case instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,seeking to restrain INEC from accepting names of senatorial candidates from the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2023 general elections in Benue State.

The Plaintiffs in the suit are the PDP, Senator Gabriel Suswam, Governor Samuel Ortom and Senator Patrick Abba Moro,while the defendants are INEC, APC, Emmanuel Udende and Titus Zam.

4. he Governorship flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth-Iormem Alia has assured of better and brighter future for the people, if elected governor in 2023.

Alia gave the assurance during the Igede Agba New Yam Festival in Oju Local Government Area of the state.

Alia in a statement by his media aide, Isaac Uzaan, issued on Monday in Abuja, particularly told people of Benue South Senatorial district to live in the sure hope of a better and brighter future.

5. Six people were killed on Thursday by suspected Fulani herders in a fresh attack in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.

The attack, according to a local who simply identified himself as Terna, occurred at Umella village in Mbawa ward of the local government around 3pm.

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