{"id":167108,"date":"2025-06-16T19:10:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T18:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gov-alias-aide-calls-for-peace-after-youths-chase-cows"},"modified":"2025-06-16T20:17:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:17:27","slug":"gov-alias-aide-calls-for-peace-after-youths-chase-cows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-alias-aide-calls-for-peace-after-youths-chase-cows","title":{"rendered":"Gov Alia&#8217;s Aide Calls for Peace After Youths Chase Cows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Atu Terver, Principal Special Assistant to the Benue State Governor on Youths and Media Mobilization has commended the youths, who chased away some cows belonging to Dickson Tarkighir, a member of the House of Representatives representing Makurdi\/Guma Federal Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>According to a viral video, the cows and the herders were escorted into the Nyorgyungu community in Makurdi, the state capital on Sunday night by some security operatives.<\/p>\n<p>Tension escalated in the community on Monday morning with angry youths staging a protest to demand the eviction of the cattle and the six herders.<\/p>\n<p>After some back and forth, the youths chased the cattle and the herders away from the community.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Governor Hyacinth Alia\u2019s PSA commended the youths, saying though the lawmaker is free to do his cow business, the presence of Fulani herders at the moment was not a good decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe youth of the area who yesterday told Hon Dickson Tarkighir to take his cows away from the Area kept to their promise of ensuring that the cows leave the community, especially knowing that six Fulani boys look after the cows and were present with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHon Dickson is free to do cow business, but with the fulani\u2019s at this sensitive moment in His constituency might not be the best decision. We need peace\u201d, he wrote on his Facebook page.<\/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. Atu Terver, Principal Special Assistant to the Benue State Governor on Youths and Media Mobilization has commended the youths, who chased away some cows belonging to Dickson Tarkighir, a member of the House of Representatives representing Makurdi\/Guma Federal Constituency. 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