Outrage as Benue Governor Joins Tinubu in Brazil Despite Recent Massacre and Insecurity
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Despite ongoing violence and humanitarian crises in Benue State, the state’s Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has sparked national outrage by attending the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, alongside President Bola Tinubu. The Governor’s announcement, boasting of his participation in a “high-level bilateral meeting” with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, […]

President Tinubu, who also travelled to Brazil for the summit, has been criticised for his response to the killings. Rather than a decisive security operation or national address, the President has urged Governor Alia to “engage in dialogue” with the attackers, an approach widely condemned as tone-deaf and dangerous.