{"id":167333,"date":"2025-06-22T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/benue-crisis-man-made-those-responsible-in-govt-primate-ayodele"},"modified":"2025-06-22T11:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T10:15:00","slug":"benue-crisis-man-made-those-responsible-in-govt-primate-ayodele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-crisis-man-made-those-responsible-in-govt-primate-ayodele","title":{"rendered":"Benue crisis man-made, those responsible in govt \u2013 Primate Ayodele"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Sunday revealed that the insecurity crisis in Benue State is man-made and those behind it are within the state and federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Primate Ayodele made it known that insecurity is one of the means to destabilize Tinubu\u2019s government and that his opposition within the government is bent on doing all it takes to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by his Media Aide, Oluwatosin Osho, the popular prophet said the crises are initiated by people, and it would be shocking to know who they are because they are very close to the government.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cPeople causing insecurity in Benue are in the government system, even in the state and federal. Nobody wants to hear their names because it will be very shocking. The problem in Benue is man-made and is initiated by people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Tinubu needs to wake up to these insecurity problems; they want to use it to destabilize his government, and if he doesn\u2019t arise to tackle the political reasons behind insecurity, he will pay greatly for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prophet urged the president not to mind those singing his praises because they don\u2019t know how much this would affect the president\u2019s chances.<\/p>\n<p>He called on the president to take security matters very seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not anyone\u2019s friend, but Tinubu should wake up. Don\u2019t let them be singing Hosanna for you. Insecurity is a serious matter,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Sunday revealed that the insecurity crisis in Benue State is man-made and those behind it are within the state and federal government. 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