Buhari relocates IGP to face herdsmen in Benue

President Muhammad Buhari  on Tuesday said has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris to relocate to Benue state and ensure the incessant killings by herdsmen in the state was stopped.

Buhari who decried the spate of kidnapping for ransom, cultism and other violent crimes across the country and said his administration would leave no stone unturned.
Buhari on herdsmen
He spoke at the 9th Assembly of National Council of traditional rulers in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital yesterday, tagged “Community Policing as a Catalyst to Crime Prevention – The Role of Traditional Rulers.’

The President was represented by the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Dannballzua, he said the perpetrators of the killings of innocent people in Benue and Taraba states as well as other violent crimes in parts if the country will not go unpunished no matter what, and that he has directed the Police head to relocate his office to Benue state to stop further killings and fish out the killers to sender for their crimes.

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