Gov Alia condemns killing of MACBAN chairman

From Scholastica Hir , Makurdi 
Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has expressed shock and sadness over the killing of the Benue State Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, Alhaji Ardo Risku, and his friend.
In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula, Alia said the attack came at a sensitive time when the state was recording a return to peace in several local government areas.
The governor described the incident as both a tragedy and a direct attempt to undermine the hard-earned peace and reconciliation his administration had worked to foster. “It is deeply regrettable that this unfortunate incident occurred s...