The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, has urged the Presidency to halt the killings going
on in Benue State immediately before it degenerates into a national crisis.
Mr Secondus, in a condolence message sent to
the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and the Catholic Church in Nigeria on
the Tuesday morning’s brutal murder of two Catholic priests and 17 other
worshippers said the killings which began on New Year’s Day is no longer
bearable.
On Tuesday morning, worshipers at the St.
Ignatius Quashi Catholic Church parish in Ukpor-Mbalom in Gwer Local Government
Area of the state were attacked and killed by suspected herdsmen.
At least 19 people were killed during the attack,
including two priests.
Several attacks by suspected herdsmen have left
hundreds of people dead in various communities within the state in recent
months. A visit by President Muhammadu Buhari and a six-weeks military
operation deployed to curb the killings have not stemmed the crisis.
The PDP chairman, in a statement signed by his
media adviser, Ike Abonyi, said the continued bloodletting in Benue and other
parts of the country raises a lot of concern on the future of the country.
“From whichever angle you are witnessing what
is happening in this country, one thing is agreeable that this country is
sliding dangerously. Nigerians and the global community have continued to watch
as all the tenets of democracy are being eroded and giving way to dictatorial tendencies.
“In the last one week, we have watched as
disturbing indices continue to crop up ahead of the forthcoming general
election with APC administration either unconcerned or involved in a tactical
endorsement of such act,” the party said.
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