The state chairman of the association, Rev. Leva further called for adequate compensation and socio-economic reparation of the lost lives and property. “If you could crush Boko Haram in the far North, and Biafra in the East and South South, then, Fulani herdsmen invasion of Benue would be no issue to you,” CAN charged. The state chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), Emmanuel Agbakor, expressed disappointment at the display of “apathy” by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration in respect of the killings. Gbakor, who called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators, noted: “We must all unite, irrespective of party differences, to ensure that the problem is solved now once and for all.”

Source: The Guardian January 05, 2018 02:15 UTC