President Bola Tinubu says he will clear his schedule to pay a condolence visit to the people of Benue State on Wednesday.
Opposition arrowheads Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi had criticised the president for not visiting the people of the troubled North Central State despite the killing of scores of residents by vicious marauders.
Benue State has been under heavy attacks by suspected herdsmen for some time. The killings have lingered for years, with some linking it to inter-communal conflicts as well as the quest for land dominance between the autochthonous agrarian dwellers and nomadic cattle rearers.
However, the killings in the last few weeks have been without a break. At least over 160 residents were confirmed killed in a series of attacks by suspected herdsmen who wreaked havoc in different communities in the food-producing state.
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