{"id":167209,"date":"2025-06-17T07:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/insecurity-preparedness-for-tinubus-visit-to-benue"},"modified":"2025-06-17T09:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T08:04:51","slug":"insecurity-preparedness-for-tinubus-visit-to-benue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-preparedness-for-tinubus-visit-to-benue","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity Preparedness for Tinubu&#8217;s Visit to Benue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has expressed readiness to receive President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during his planned visit to the state on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Alia, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Tersoo Kula, described the President\u2019s visit as a profound gesture of solidarity with the people of Benue, especially following the recent deadly attack on Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area, where dozens of residents were killed by suspected armed herdsmen.<\/p>\n<p>According to the governor, the visit demonstrates President Tinubu\u2019s compassion and determination to confront the worsening security challenges plaguing farming communities across the state.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cIt depicts the President\u2019s concern and readiness to take a bold step in the face of worsening insecurity threatening the peace, dignity, and existence of our farming communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are fully prepared to receive Mr. President. The visit represents not only a moment of national empathy, but a rare opportunity to directly interface with the Presidency on urgent security interventions needed to end the persistent killings and displacement of our people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there is any state in the country that needs absolute peace, that state is Benue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is because, as the \u2018Food Basket of the Nation,\u2019 Benue deserves peace, protection, and justice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe visit represents not only a moment of national empathy, but a rare opportunity to directly interface with the Presidency on urgent security interventions needed to end the persistent killings and displacement of our people,\u201d Alia 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, Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has expressed readiness to receive President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during his planned visit to the state on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Governor Alia, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Tersoo Kula, described the President\u2019s visit as a profound gesture of solidarity with the people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":167208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[331,12739,254,945],"class_list":["post-167209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-benue","tag-gov-alia","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"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>Insecurity Preparedness for Tinubu&#039;s Visit to Benue - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has expressed readiness to receive President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during his pl ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-preparedness-for-tinubus-visit-to-benue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Insecurity Preparedness for Tinubu&#039;s Visit to Benue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has expressed readiness to receive President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during his pl ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-preparedness-for-tinubus-visit-to-benue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-17T06:59:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-17T08:04:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1750134959.664073.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-preparedness-for-tinubus-visit-to-benue#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-preparedness-for-tinubus-visit-to-benue\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Insecurity Preparedness for Tinubu&#8217;s Visit to Benue\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-17T06:59:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-17T08:04:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-preparedness-for-tinubus-visit-to-benue\"},\"wordCount\":265,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-preparedness-for-tinubus-visit-to-benue#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1750134959.664073.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Benue\",\"Gov Alia\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-preparedness-for-tinubus-visit-to-benue#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-preparedness-for-tinubus-visit-to-benue\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-preparedness-for-tinubus-visit-to-benue\",\"name\":\"Insecurity Preparedness for Tinubu's Visit to Benue - 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