{"id":165630,"date":"2025-06-04T23:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T22:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bishops-urge-tinubu-to-declare-emergency-in-benue"},"modified":"2025-06-05T00:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T23:36:15","slug":"bishops-urge-tinubu-to-declare-emergency-in-benue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bishops-urge-tinubu-to-declare-emergency-in-benue","title":{"rendered":"Bishops Urge Tinubu to Declare Emergency in Benue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A group of Catholic priests under the aegis of the Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has called on President Bola Tinubu to swiftly declare a state of emergency in Benue over the recent spate of killings in the state.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that no fewer than 43 people were killed when gunmen attacked communities in Gwer west and Apa LGAs of the state days ago.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, the President-General of CBCN, Leonard Kawas, denounced the alleged threats directed at the Catholic Bishop of Makurdi diocese, Wilfred Anagbe, who he said has been an unflinching voice for the people of Benue over the killings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stand with Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe in his courageous stance against the atrocities committed against our people. As shepherds of the flock, it is our duty to speak out against injustice and defend the dignity of human life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recent spate of insecurity in our nation is so worrisome that one would wonder if this is not the same Nigeria that silenced the dreaded Liberian rebels and sent peacekeepers all over West Africa who were exceptional in carrying out their duties and earned accolades wherever they were assigned,\u201d the bishop said.<\/p>\n<p>Anagbe, and Reverend Father Remigius Ihyula, had on March 12, appeared before the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee, HFAC, to testify about militants killing and forcibly displacing Christian farmers in Benue.<\/p>\n<p>The Priests said, \u201cThe recent spate of insecurity in our nation is so worrisome that one would wonder if this is not the same Nigeria that silenced the dreaded Liberian rebels and sent peacekeepers all over West Africa who were exceptional in carrying out their duties and earned accolades wherever they were assigned.<\/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. A group of Catholic priests under the aegis of the Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has called on President Bola Tinubu to swiftly declare a state of emergency in Benue over the recent spate of killings in the state. 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