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Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Thursday, March 6, said that insecurity in the country has drastically abated since President Bola Tinubu assumed office.
Akpabio spoke while contributing to the debate on a motion on the killing of 50 persons by suspected terrorists masquerading as herdsmen and increasing insecurity in Kwande, Ukum, Logo, and Katsina-Ala local government areas of the Benue State.
He however said that attacks being recorded are an aberration and no longer on the scale they used to be.
The motion was sponsored by Senator Emmanuel Udende (APC-Benue North East).
Akpabio said: “The primary responsibility of the state government is to use the security vote to ensure that the security of lives and properties in Benue state is protected.
“The first line of thought is the government of Benue as Senator Udende brought, we have not heard any comments from the government of Benue.
“If 50 people have been killed and communities have been attacked, we will expect that the state government will marshal out plans with the immediate security operatives within the affected state and see what they can do before bringing it to the President.
“And I want to assure you that President Bola Tinubu, though he has not stayed long in office, is supportive of the activities of the Armed Forces, and by the time the Senate meets with him in conjunction with the House of Representatives, I believe that the resolutions that we come out will benefit the entire country.
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