Benue: Abba Moro condemns fresh attacks, ambush on FRSC officer’s funeral convoy

The legislator representing Benue South and Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, has condemned the renewed attacks connected communities successful Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected equipped herders, describing the escalating unit arsenic disturbing and unacceptable.

In a connection issued on Sunday by his Media Adviser, Emmanuel Eche’Ofun John, Moro decried the attacks connected Akpachi assemblage successful Ugboju-Ehaje and Otukpo-Nobi community, which reportedly claimed astatine slightest 10 lives and near respective others injured.

The lawmaker expressed interest that the attacks were becoming much predominant alternatively than subsiding, informing that nonaccomplishment to urgently code the killings could trigger a large crisis.

He said the radical could not proceed to ticker helplessly arsenic guiltless residents were killed successful acold blood, urging governments astatine each levels and information agencies to instrumentality decisive steps to warrant the information of lives and spot successful Benue South, successful enactment with the provisions of the Constitution.

Moro besides lamented the ambush connected the ceremonial convoy conveying the remains of Deputy Corps Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Augustine O. Ikwue, successful Kogi State.

According to the senator, the remains of the precocious FRSC serviceman were being conveyed to his hometown, Ai-Ode successful Upu community, Otukpo Local Government Area, for burial erstwhile the convoy came nether onslaught and respective mourner...