A civil society organisation, the Advocacy Network on Religious and Cultural Coexistence (ANORACC), has taken swipes on the security agents and President Muhammadu Buhari over the killings in Benue....CONTINUE READING
In a statement made available to the media, the Director of ANORACC, Odimegwu Onwumere said in Port Harcourt on Saturday, April 8, 2023, that security agents should protect lives and property, and not recovering dead bodies after an attack…..CONTINUE READING
The group also cautioned that Buhari should first respect the order of the country’s court on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu before calling for order on “extreme violence” in Benue.
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The ANORACC added that Buhari should understand that it takes clean hands before going to equity.
The statement read: “Police in Benue, said they have recovered 28 bodies including a pregnant woman and children in fresh attacks in the state, while Gov. Ortom of Benue mourned 134 killed in his state and asked President Buhari-led government to deploy more troops.
“But Buhari has said he condemned the killings and called for end in what he called “extreme violence.”
“However, we at Advocacy Network on Religious and Cultural Coexistence (ANORACC) are asking:
“(1) Why have the security agents allowed the “Benue massacre” to linger to this time?
“(2) Are the security agents only good at recovering Benue people’s dead bodies but can’t protect the lives of the natives?
“(3) Does Buhari know that it takes clean hands to go before equity? Before asking for an end to “extreme violence” in Benue?
(4) Buhari has to respect the country’s court Order which freed and acquitted Mazi Nnamdi Kanu since last year. By so doing, the citizens will follow suit to obey order against “extreme violence.”
“(5) What has the government been doing to curtail alleged Fulani people who have been reported to be at the centre of the killings in Benue?”
The statement concluded that there is no difference between those who violate Nigeria’s constitution and take to extrajudicial killing from those who don’t obey court order.
“Both extreme violent individuals and those who don’t obey court order are all law breakers…..CONTINUE READING
