The paramount ruler of the Tiv nation, His Royal Highness, Prof James Ayatse has called on President Bola Tinubu to give Benue people peace to go back to the farms.
Ayatse made the appeal, on Wednesday when Tinubu paid a condolence visit to the state to commiserate with the people over the killing of over 200 persons last Friday.
The paramount ruler who decried the gruesome murder of Benue people, further said the activities of the herders have chased Benue farmers out of their farms, which is their basic source of livelihood.
“You have taken hard decisions and actions that many people before you did not dare. You have handled the subsidy challenge of this country, the exchange rates in this country, and other difficult decisions you have taken, you can give us peace in Benue state.
Benue is a food basket of this nation. All we ask for is to give us peace so that our people will go back to their farms and continue to produce food.
”I heard a story that there was a challenge in a place in Kwara state, and you rose up and gave them peace. You can do that for better,” he said.