SAN FRANCISCO, January 05, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, over the security situation across the country particularly the killings recorded in Benue, Rivers and Kaduna states.
Idris, at the end of the meeting which held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, told State House correspondents that the meeting centred on how to effectively secure the country saying the President gave him a directive to tighten up the nation’s security.
The police boss said he would deploy more units to support the efforts policemen are making in the state to ensure adequate protection for the people declaring that the country was well secured despite the killings in Benue, Rivers and Kaduna States.
“Every time we meet with the President, he gives a charge. He said that we should go and take care and ensure that we tighten our security,” Idris said.
“Let’s use the example of Benue, you know most of these states where you have several languages, you know is an issue of communal misunderstanding.
“I think what we should be praying for is for Nigerians to learn to live in peace with one another. I think is very important.
“We cannot be overwhelmed. Obviously, it (Benue crisis) is a communal crisis. Herdsmen are part of the community. They are Nigerians and are part of the community.”
Meanwhile, the police in Benue state have arraigned six suspected herdsmen over the killings in Guma and Logo local government areas of the state.
The suspects were arraigned at a Chief Magistrate Court in Makurdi, the state capital, on Friday.
THEWILL recalls that the police had arrested eight herdsmen, six in Guma and two in Logo, suspected to be involved in the killings.
