By Chiangi Avese, Makurdi
A Bureau for homeland security has been approved for establishment by the Benue state security council to coordinate and liaise with the office of the governor and security agencies for prompt response to security challenges.
Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, made this disclosure shortly after the joint security meeting held at the government house, makurdi.
Represented by the Deputy Governor, Barr Sam Ode, the Governor said the Council had agreed that the bureau be headed by a Director General, to be appointed by the Governor.
On the recent attacks in ukum local government area of benue state, the Security Council, directed that the curfew earlier imposed in the sankera area should continue. It further placed a ban on protest in the entire axis until further notice.
Sir Tersoo Kula, Chief press secretary to the governor in a statement said, the state security council, resolved that a panel of enquiry will be set up by government to ascertain the level of destruction of government and private properties in ukum, as a result of the recent protest in the area.
The Security Council further frowned at the increasing number of illegal checkpoints in the state, urging security agencies to help combat crime in the state.
The Security Council also directed the Special Adviser on Security to work in collaboration with the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, to organize a workshop to sensitize the people of the dangers of drug abuse and human trafficking in the state.
It called for extensive consultations on the request for allocation of plots of land for federal agencies to erect their structures in order to ensure a fair treatment on all concerned.
