The Benue State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Emmanuel Agbo, has alleged that the massacre of Agatu people was orchestrated by people who were out to punish them because they “overwhelmingly voted for Senator David Mark” in the last re-run election in Benue South senatorial District.
Speaking at the PDP headquarters where he led members of the state executive council on a solidarity visit to the national chairman of the PDP, Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff, Dr Agbo decried the silence of government despite the widespread killings.
“We have witnessed massive attacks on several communities in Agatu Local government area of the state that have resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives and properties worth billions of Naira. We have reason to believe that this recent attack on the Agatu people was punishment for their resolve to vote overwhelmingly for Senator Mark,'' he said.
Responding, Modu-Sheriff vowed to take up the matter of the killings with the Inspector General of Police.
“I am going to sit with the inspector General of Police over the complaints that you have told me. As a party, I will do everything to ensure that our rights are not taken for granted. We will follow this issue to its logical conclusion to make sure that none of our members is intimidated and harassed,” he said.
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