BENUE STATE ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION TO PREVENT LOOMING GENOCIDE IN NIGERIA.

The Benue House of Assembly has called for urgent government action to prevent a looming genocide in the state, citing the recent attack on the Yelwata community in Guma Local Government Area that killed over 200 people.

The lawmakers, in a motion moved by Peter Uche during Tuesday’s plenary in Makurdi, drew parallels between the attacks and the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.

The lawmakers, who noted that the violence has continued unabated, expressed deep pain over the killings, displacement, and destruction of property  despite drawing attention to the attacks on various occasions.

They appealed to President Bola Tinubu to deploy military and police to enforce the law prohibiting open grazing in parts of the state.

They commended youths who protested the killings as "heroes of democracy in Benue", and called for the release of those who were detained during the peaceful protests.

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