Renowned activist and public affairs commentator, Mahdi Shehu, has added his voice to the growing outrage over the escalating violence in Benue State.
He warned that heartbreaking killings in Benue is a direct threat to Nigeria’s fragile unity and peaceful coexistence.
Taking to his X (formerly Twitter) handle, Shehu didn’t mince words, “Not only intolerable but condemnable and a threat to national unity and peaceful co-existence.”;
His post comes in the wake of renewed attacks in Benue communities, where dozens of innocent lives have been lost in what many have described as retaliatory assaults by armed groups.
Mahdi Shehu called on leaders at all levels to rise above political caution and act with courage.
“It behoves all those concerned to dispense off fear and act decisively, otherwise the situation has the tendency to spell doom for the entire country,”; he warned.
