Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris has described the recent blood bath in some parts of Benue state as ‘communal clashes’ which the force is in control of.
Reports indicated that the police boss had been summoned to the Aso Rock Villa by President Muhamadu Buhari on Friday to an emergency meeting with respect to the crisis.
According to state house reporrtes, Mr Idris had assured the President of the force’s capability to contain the situation as well as assuring Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state that measures would be put in place to improve the security situation in the state.
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