Benue : House Urges FG To Deploy More Surveillance To Border Communities

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to deploy more surveillance to seven border communities in Benue, over incessant attacks by bandits.

The resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by a member from Benue State, Blessing Onuh, during plenary in Abuja.

According to her, the attacks by bandits are becoming more frequent with the recent attack where dozens of lives were lost to the attack on farmlands and villages within the communities.

Adopting the resolution, the house urged the Nigeria Police and all relevant security agencies to carry out an in-depth investigation into the periodic attacks with a view to bringing the perpetrators to justice.

The house also requested that the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development to immediately intervene.

The house called for deployment of relief materials to be provided to the displaced victims of the Entekpa Community, currently taking refuge in Adoka Village.

By Oduyemi Odumade, Edited By Grace Namiji