The Benue State Security Council has approved that a Bureau of Homeland Security be established in the state, to coordinate and liaise between the office of the governor and the security agencies, for immediate responses on security matters.
Governor Hyacinth Alia stated this after a joint security meeting, held at the Benue State Government House, Makurdi.
Represented by the Deputy Governor, Sam Ode, he said the Security Council had agreed that the Bureau be headed by a Director General, appointed by the governor.
On the recent attacks in Ukum local government area, the Security Council directed that the curfew in the entire Sankera area of the state should continue, further placing a ban on protest in the entire axis until further notice.
According to the governor, the Council also agreed that a Judicial Panel of Inquiry should be set up by the government to look into the destruction of government and private properties in Ukum, as a result of the recent protest in the area.
