Impose State Of Emergency In Benue – Wike
By Ige Olugbenga
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has called for the imposition of a state of emergency in Benue State, following the killings that occurred in the Zaki Biam area of the state on Monday.
Wike said the declaration of a state of emergency in Benue has become necessary and imperative because the governor, Samuel Ortom, has shown “ineptitude and lack of capacity to handle the situation.
“You can’t have a governor watching helplessly as his people are being killed. What kind of governor is that?’
“He has displayed sheer laziness and incapacity in the whole issue, and this is quite unfortunate.”
While asserting that governors were not fully in charge of security in states despite being called chief security officers (CSOs), Wike said governors are supposed to have strategies and work with security agencies on how to combat crime.
“No excuse is acceptable for the high number of deaths in Benue”, he said.
Concise News reports that about 30 persons, including women and children, were on Monday shot dead, with several other people sustaining various degrees of injury, after gunmen invaded Zaki Biam, in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue.
