Benue: Police warns politicians against using thugs, cultists ahead of elections

The Benue State Police Command has brought unneurotic governmental enactment leaders, candidates, information agencies and different stakeholders successful the authorities to motion a Peace Accord aimed astatine promoting peaceful governmental activities and strengthening information during the electoral period.

This was disclosed successful a connection signed by DSP Orchia Peter Aondongu, Police Public Relations Officer, for the Commissioner of Police, Benue State Command, connected September 16, 2026.

The engagement, held successful Makurdi connected September 15, 2026, had successful attendance authorities chairmen of governmental parties, emblem bearers and candidates, representatives of sister information and instrumentality enforcement agencies, arsenic good arsenic different stakeholders.

The participants reaffirmed their committedness to peaceful campaigns, respect for the regularisation of instrumentality and the extortion of lives and spot passim the electoral process.

Addressing the gathering, the Commissioner of Police, Benue State Command, CP Cletus C. N. Nwadiogbu, urged governmental leaders and candidates to guarantee that their supporters behaviour themselves peacefully and responsibly.

He warned against the recruitment oregon usage of governmental thugs, cult groups and different ...