Alia Blames Border Infiltration from Nasarawa, Cameroon for Benue Killings

Hyacinth Alia, the governor of Benue State, blamed infiltrators from neighboring areas and across international boundaries for the ongoing violence in some areas of the state, attributing it to the territory’s geographic susceptibility.
The governor claimed that the state is a prime target for roving attackers because of its closeness to Cameroon, Nasarawa, and Taraba in an interview with Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Monday.
He claimed that individuals who often assault the state enter from the frontiers, saying, “We share borders with Cameroon, with Taraba, and with Nasarawa.”

“They were not necessarily Nigerians speaking the Hausa we know or the Fulanis,” the governor of Benue State added.

“When to arrive at the Nasarawa axis.” We have a lot of difficulties here. Numerous events take place in Nasarawa State, and these individuals enter through certain methods whenever they are relocated from Benue. We wouldn’t object if someone described what we’re seeing now as retaliation.

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According to Alia, he spoke with Abdullahi Sule, his colleague from Nasarawa, who informed him that “the terrorists were coming into his state through Benue.”

“They probably came and made a touchdown in Yelewata in Benue and were going back because he said one person was macheted in Nasarawa State,” he added when I informed him that the chaos had already been wreaked at Yelewata in Benue.