Buhari Orders Probe Into Causes Of Conflicts, Killings In Benue, Other Places

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into the clashes between herdsmen and indigenes of communities in Benue State in particular and conflicts in other parts of the country.
President Buhari who expressed deep shock at the latest incident during the past week, which led to hundreds of deaths in four communities in Agatu, Benue State, said: “the only way to bring an end to the violence once and for all is to look beyond one incident and ascertain exactly what factors are behind the conflicts.”
A statement by the senior special assistant to the President Buhari on media and publicity, Garba Shehu said that the President has ordered security agencies to get to the root causes of the problem, saying: “we will conduct an investigation to know exactly what happened.”
The President insisted that all Nigerians must learn to live together as one, in peace and unity and that “we are all one nation and one people.
“There should not be any reason why Nigerians of any group or tongue cannot now reside with one another wherever they find themselves after decades of living together.”
The President expressed condolences to the government and people of Benue State, particularly the people of the Agatu communities, assuring them that the government would do everything possible to ensure that no such incident ever occurred in their midst again.
“Once the investigations are concluded, we will act immediately to address the root of the problem,” he said. [myad]