PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU HAS INAUGURATED A HIGH-LEVEL PEACE COMMITTEE TO HELP RESTORE LASTING PEACE IN BENUE STATE, FOLLOWING THE RECENT MASSACRE IN YELEWATA COMMUNITY THAT LEFT AROUND 200 PERSONS DEAD.
THE PRESIDENT APPOINTED NOTABLE FIGURES INCLUDING RETIRED GENERAL ATOM KPERA, SENATORS GEORGE AKUME AND GABRIEL SUSWAM, AS WELL AS FORMER GOVERNOR SAMUEL ORTOM TO LEAD THE RECONCILIATION EFFORTS.
ALSO NAMED TO THE COMMITTEE ARE TRADITIONAL LEADERS HRM PROF. JAMES AYATSE, THE TOR TIV, AND HRM DR JOHN ELAIGWU, THE OCHIDOMA OF IDOMALAND, REPRESENTING THE STATE’S TWO MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS.
PRESIDENT TINUBU ADVISED GOVERNOR HYACINTH ALIA TO PRIORITIZE INCLUSIVE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND ENSURE THE PEACE COMMITTEE’S WORK INCLUDES INPUTS FROM FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND NON-INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS.
