{"id":36798,"date":"2015-03-17T14:27:28","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T13:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=36798"},"modified":"2015-03-17T14:27:28","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T13:27:28","slug":"mark-tasks-security-to-fish-out-the-culprits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/mark-tasks-security-to-fish-out-the-culprits\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark tasks security to fish out the culprits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8212;&#8212;wants Benue, Nasarawa joint commission<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Worried President of the Senate Senator David Mark over the massacre of his constituents in Agatu local government area of Benue state has tasked security operatives to leave no stone unturned to fish out the assassins and bring them to justice.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scores of indigenes of Egba community in Agatu local government area of Benue state were ambushed and murdered in cold blood by the assailants believed to be Fulani herdsmen in the wee hours of Monday.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reacting to the incident after some of his constituents briefed him on the development, Senator Mark expressed grieve over the incident and wondered why his constituents would continued\u00a0 to be killed by their supposed neighbors at will .<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An angry Senator Mark said: &#8220;This is condemnable. This guerrilla war fair must be stopped. All hands must be on deck to put an end to this,<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Whatever the issue is, resort to violence or killings cannot bring a solution. We must come together and resolve the matter. This animalistic and barbaric act is condemnable by any right thinking members of the society&#8221;.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He\u00a0 therefore called for an aggressive security\u00a0 operation to fish out the hoodlums in order to bring them to justice\u00a0 and end the carnage.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The\u00a0 governments of Benue and Nasarawa states had last year waded into the intractable conflict\u00a0 between Agatu and the Fulani herdsmen, during which a peace pact was signed.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">However, Senator Mark was of the view that a joint commission specifically to address the problem has become paramount to forestall further outbreak of violence and killings.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the meantime, the Senate President has requested the National Emergency Management Agency ( NEMA) to help provide relief materials to displaced persons in the war ravaged Agatu even as he pleaded with the people to remain law abiding as government finds solution to the crisis.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He was optimistic that with security beef up in the troubled area, peace would be restored and people go about their normal duties again.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Signed:<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Paul Mumeh, Chief Press Secretary to the President of the Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212;&#8212;wants Benue, Nasarawa joint commissionWorried President of the Senate Senator David Mark over the massacre of his constituents in Agatu local government area of Benue state has tasked security operatives&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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