THOUGH, Police in Benue State is investigating the crisis that erupted on Saturday which led to ten persons injured, at the stakeholders meeting it was discovered that ‘rumour triggered the crisis. Consequently, the state government hurriedly conveyed stakeholders with all the state security chiefs in attendance where they reviewed the crisis. But Mr Bello Abdulsalam who said that nothing of such happened attributed the protest to rumour mongering of alleged attacks by Tiv on Hausa and Hausa on Tiv. Ortom explained that 10 persons were injured in the crisis and are presently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital. I urged all of you to refrain from rumour mongering as it destroys a society,” Ortom said.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 14, 2018 20:15 UTC