The National Council of Tiv Youths has lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari over his statements on the killings in the country during his visit to Taraba State on Monday.
The President had, during the visit, said the crisis in Mambilla Plateau in Taraba State had claimed more lives than herdsmen killings in Benue and Zamfara states.
Reacting, however, Chief John Akperashi, the Tiv youths president, described the President’s statement as a height of insensitivity.
He said, “It baffles many that the President of this nation, who is the custodian of the lives of his citizens, would be quantifying the volumes of deaths and measuring their numbers as if such deaths were mandatory and normal in the first place.
“The President ought to be visibly agitated, genuinely concerned and practically poised to ensuring that the lives of the citizens of this country under his leadership are sufficiently protected.”
Similarly, President General, Mdgzou U Tiv, a socio- cultural group of Tiv nation, Chief Edward Ujege, said the President’s statement was aimed at trivialising the killings in Benue State.
He said, “The statement was least expected of the President. Even if it is a soul that was lost, he should not have made such a statement.
“He is the President of Nigeria; we expect him to heal the wound of the people.”
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