President Bola Tinubu landed at the Nigeria Air Force Base Airport in Makurdi at about 12:58 p.m. on a condolence visit to Benue state following last Friday’s armed herdsmen attack on the Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area (LGA), which lost over 200 lives.
The President was greeted at the airport by the SGF, Senator George Akume, and the host Governor, Rev. Fr Hyacinth Alia.
Senator Abba Moro, the Senate Minority Leader, and other federal lawmakers from Benue state were also present to meet the President.
Governors of North Central states, Ministers, and government appointees were also in Benue to receive the President.
Following airport formalities, the President went to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, BSUTH, Makurdi, to sympathise with survivors of the attack before proceeding to the Benue State Government House, where he is expected to participate in a town hall meeting with Benue stakeholders as part of an effort to find a final solution to the state’s years of armed herdsmen incursions.
The President’s visit have raised speculations and mixed feelings. while some sessions believed that it would succour the grieving hearts of many who lost loved ones and properties, while others were of the opinion that such visitation lacks the required action to stop the killings in the state.
