Angry Benue Youths Chase Away Police Commissioner from Protest Ground, Order Him to Go to Benue Killing Scenes at Yelewata
By: Olufemi Orunsola
A public drama ensued on Sunday as the Benue State Commissioner of Police, Emenari Ifeanyi, was chased away from the Wurukum Roundabout protest ground in Makurdi by angry youths.
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports as gathered that the public drama came about when the Police Commissioner attempted to adddress a crowd of aggrieved protesters, who had gathered at the area to protest the brutal killing of over 200 residents in Yelewata, Guma Local Government Area.
The protesters, who were reportedly mourning the death of victims of the mass killings, took to the streets to demand justice and immediate action from both the state and federal governments, were dressed in black attire, wielding placards, governments.
OTN News furrher gathered that the police commissioner, who arrived at the protest venue with a team of heavily armed officers to address the demonstrators, was met with hostility as the protesters kept chanting for justice in tone of utmost grief and outrage, while calling for an end to the unrelenting attacks by suspected armed herdsmen.
As the Police Boss attempted to address the crowd, they refused to ge calm, rather, they became enraged, and started to shouted him down and demanded that he should “go to Yelewata”, where the massacre occurred, instead of addressing them in the state capital.
Shortly after the CP left the scene of the protest, it was reported that some armed police officers started firing tear gas at the protesters, who scrambled to safety in different directions with many people sustaining varying degrees of injuries.
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