The Benue Security Council, on Thursday, imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on three local government areas of the state as part of measures to contain criminal activities in the vicinity.
The affected areas are Logo, Ukum and Katsina-Ala LGs where security agencies had in recent times beamed their searchlight in a bid to curb the menace of banditry, kidnapping and armed robbery among other insecurity challenges.
Also, the council placed a N5m bounty on the head of killers of Chief Terkura Suswam, an elder brother of a former Governor of the state, Senator Gabriel Suswam, urging the public to provide any useful information which could help security personnel apprehend the culprits.
Governor of the country, Samuel Ortom, who made this known while briefing journalists on the quit of an extended kingdom security council meeting in Makurdi, defined that the curfew remains in force with immediate impact between 6:00 pm and 6:00 am day by day.
Ortom additionally stated that the council had resolved to ban using old version Toyota Corolla popularly used within the region for illegal activity simply because it sustained the ban on the use of motorcycles of all kinds pending in addition overview of the safety scenario.
Security dealers to impound vehicles
He stated protection businesses within the state have also been mandated with the aid of the council to arrest and impound all cars inside the class of the ban even as commercial automobiles need to update their papers to make certain that they're not fake.
The governor emphasized that the choice to encompass Logo Local Government Area within the ban observed heinous attacks on citizens, the current being the killing of Chief Suswam and his aide on Tuesday night time.
“Council proclaims overall warfare on crook elements, bandits and all styles of criminal activity inside the state.
“This choice is coming when President Muhammadu Buhari has additionally declared warfare on everyone wearing AK47,” he posited.
Ortom, but, knowledgeable that the council resolved to sensitise all faculties in the state inclusive of those in the 3 nearby authorities areas which made up Sankara on the want to be security aware in the face of wellknown lack of confidence in the united states.
“We will set up a committee to reveal the sensitization while security could be set up on strategic locations.
“We will profile all colleges in the kingdom for you to suggest to us the high-quality approach to employ in securing the instructional zone,” he brought.
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