Amidst wanton destruction and indiscriminate killings in some parts of the country, the Nigerian Army has deployed Special Forces to troubled states of Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa. The presidency announced this in a tweet on Wednesday evening. Over 100 people have been killed in the three states in the last one week.
The killings have sparked a public outcry with Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari not to treat the crisis the same way former President Goodlcuk Jonathan did with the Boko Haram insurgency.
The army took the action hours after President Buhari ordered the Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector-General of Police, to relocate to Benue State which recorded the highest number of causalities in the crisis.
The IGP had earlier noted that there is no need for military deployment in Benue.
Speaking with stakeholders at government house, Makurdi, Idris said the military could only come in when the police had been overwhelmed.
