Declare state of emergency in Benue, Presidential aspirant urges Buhari
The Presidential aspirant of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) in 2019 election and the National Chairman of the Party Alh. Ganiyu O. Galadima has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Benue state given the spate of killings in the state.
Galadima who made the call in Ilorin at the commissioning of Kwara State ACPN Headquarters and the launching of the ACPN Manifesto in Ilorin said the killings of two clerics in churches and other citizens in the state was bad, stressing that the president should act fast to put an end to the menace.
He appealed to Christian faithful not to take the law into their hands added that the planned protest by Christians on Sunday should be carried out peacefully and should not be hijacked by hoodlums
“Where your right ends there another person right begins” he said.
While presenting his political party manifesto, he urged the citizens to open their eyes in 2019 election in order to enjoy dividends of democracy by refusing to be influenced unduly by anyone, by refusing to be bought and by engaging candidates and political parties and voting for them based on the programmes they have in their manifesto, their character and antecedents of their candidates.
