The Benue State National Assembly Caucus has berated Governor Hyacinth Alia over allegation that members of the Caucus are sponsoring attacks and killings in the state.
Alia, while speaking on Arise Television, alleged that some functional politicians in the National Assembly and Abuja are not only instigating the killings but harbouring the bandits.
In response, the Caucus, speaking through the senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate Minority Leader, Abba Patrick Abba, denied Alia’s allegation, describing it as baseless, reckless, and irresponsible.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the Caucus urged the Governor to retract his words and apologize publicly to members of the Benue Caucus of the National Assembly.
Abba also stated that the Inspector General of Police should, as a matter of urgency, investigate members of the Caucus of the National Assembly and report to the people of Benue and Nigeria.
The NASS members urged Alia to settle down for real governance and “stop the blame games, and also stop moving with non-state actors to intimidate political opponents.”
The statement, titled Alia’s Many Lies, reads, “The Benue State Caucus of the National Assembly saw with consternation Governor Alia’s umbrage on the National Assembly members from Benue State on the security challenges confronting the state.
Ordinarily, we had dismissed the rantings of the Governor as true to the character of a failed Governor. In the past, Governor Alia had characterized Benue National Assembly members as “bokoti” people which literally translates to “useless people,” when the National Assembly members raised serious concerns about the incapacity of the governor to frontally confront insecurity in Benue State that has rendered several Benue indigenes dead, injured many, destroyed properties worth billions of naira, disabled the people from farming and engaging in productive businesses.
