{"id":164616,"date":"2025-05-28T08:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T07:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gov-alia-bemoans-inability-of-military-to-tackle-insecurity"},"modified":"2025-05-28T10:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T09:05:14","slug":"gov-alia-bemoans-inability-of-military-to-tackle-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-alia-bemoans-inability-of-military-to-tackle-insecurity","title":{"rendered":"Gov Alia bemoans inability of military to tackle insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has expressed dismay over the inability of security agencies to curtail the worsening insecurity in the state despite his efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Alia, who spoke through his media aide, Sir Kula Tersoo, lamented that even with the deployment of additional security personnel and visits by security chiefs, not a single terrorist had been apprehended.<\/p>\n<p>He made this disclosure in reaction to criticism by a faction of the Benue State All Progressives Congress, APC, loyal to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Sen. George Akume, who said his administration lacked the capacity to handle the myriads of insecurity bedeviling the state.<\/p>\n<p>The factional APC camp, while referring to the herdsmen attacks which claimed 42 lives, accused Alia of being helpless and confused, calling on President Bola Tinubu to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>Tersoo said, \u201cWhat more do they expect from the governor? He has worked tirelessly to address the security crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis efforts are evident in the visits by the Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff, other top security officials, and even the National Security Adviser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore security personnel have been deployed, yet, sadly, no terrorist has been arrested. The governor has supported these operations by providing 300 motorcycles to ease the mobility of the security forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He urged Akume\u2019s APC faction to reflect on the security challenges that plagued previous administrations, particularly under Akume and Samuel Ortom, citing communal clashes and armed herder invasions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is happening now is not worse than the crisis during Akume\u2019s tenure when people from Taraba and Nasarawa states invaded Benue, or the attacks under Ortom\u2019s administration,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has expressed dismay over the inability of security agencies to curtail the worsening insecurity in the state despite his efforts. Alia, who spoke through his media aide, Sir Kula Tersoo, lamented that even with the deployment of additional security personnel and visits by security chiefs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":164615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[9994,331,254],"class_list":["post-164616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-alia","tag-benue","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov Alia bemoans inability of military to tackle insecurity - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. 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