{"id":165936,"date":"2025-06-07T09:52:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T08:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/benue-gov-alia-reveals-those-behind-attacks-on-communities"},"modified":"2025-06-07T11:06:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T10:06:59","slug":"benue-gov-alia-reveals-those-behind-attacks-on-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/benue-gov-alia-reveals-those-behind-attacks-on-communities","title":{"rendered":"Benue: Gov Alia reveals those behind attacks on communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has accused some serving politicians in the National Assembly of sponsoring the attacks in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The governor made the allegation on Friday in an interview on \u2018Politics Today\u2019, a programme on Channels Television, saying that it is unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>Alia, who did not name the politicians, said that an interim report of a judicial panel he set up, indicted many big names.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, vowed to take up the matter as soon as he receives the full report next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very, very unsettling because top politicians who are very functional and are in the National Assembly and are in Abuja, are the architects and arrowheads of not just instigating, but harbouring and keeping these people and feeding them in the bushes, and taking care of all their needs and buying all the other gadgets for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is extremely unacceptable. If they do not love the lives of the people and they\u2019re only fighting for their own position, I think I am serving the interest of the common masses and it is a concern to me, and it is my right to protect it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe set up a judicial panel to sort out for us why we kept having attacks from within and from without, and we have received an interim report. Between Tuesday and Wednesday next week, I am going to get a full report from the panel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that several persons were on Friday feared dead and many others injured after suspected armed herdsmen launched a fresh attack on the Makurdi\u2013Naka road.<\/p>\n<p>The Makurdi\u2013Naka road is said to have remained under the control of armed Fulani militia groups for weeks, despite repeated assurances of military intervention.<\/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. Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has accused some serving politicians in the National Assembly of sponsoring the attacks in the state. The governor made the allegation on Friday in an interview on \u2018Politics Today\u2019, a programme on Channels Television, saying that it is unacceptable. 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