Olalekan Adetayo, AbujaPresident Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday (today) meet some leaders from Benue State over the recent killings recorded in the state. Those expected at the meeting scheduled to hold at the Presidential Villa, Abuja include political, traditional and opinion leaders from the state. The source described the meeting as one of the ways Buhari was responding to the recent violent attacks on communities in the state by Fulani herdsmen. The government official recalled the recent arrest of some armed militia members by the army and their confession of being armed by the Benue State Government. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed that the meeting with the Benue leaders is on the President’s schedule for Monday.

Source: Punch January 14, 2018 23:26 UTC