Senator representing Bayelsa
east, Senator Ben Murray Bruce has reacted to a statement credited to President
Muhammadu Buhari asking Benue residents to act with restraint in handling
Fulani herdsmen.
Buhari during a meeting with
delegations from Benue led by Benue Governorn Samuel Ortom appealed to them to
accommodate the herdsmen.
Buhari was quoted as saying “Your
Excellency, the governor, and all the leaders here, I am appealing to you to
try to restrain your people. I assure you that the Police, the Department of
State Service and other security agencies had been directed to ensure that all
those behind the mayhem get punished.
“I ask you in the name of God to
accommodate your country men. You can also be assured that I am just as
worried, and concerned with the situation.’’
However, senator Bruce queried
Buhari’s statement, describing restraint from herdsmen by Nigerians as
suicidal.
He tweeted “I honestly dont
understand how we can ask those being slaughtered to show ‘restraint’.
“What does that mean? Does it
mean when killers come for you, you should show ‘restraint’ and present
yourself to be killed before you are seen to be a good citizen? That’s suicide
not restraint.”
What has Senator Bruse's issue of Benue state got to do with the story of Trump and Netanyahu on US embassy move? Can somebody please correct this?
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