{"id":77243,"date":"2018-01-11T06:45:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T05:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=77243"},"modified":"2018-01-11T06:45:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T05:45:05","slug":"army-deploys-special-forces-benue-taraba-nasarawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/army-deploys-special-forces-benue-taraba-nasarawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Army deploys special forces in Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa"},"content":{"rendered":"
Amid the disturbing killing in some parts of the country, the Nigerian army has deployed special forces in Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa states.<\/p>\n
The presidency announced this in a tweet on Wednesday evening, in an effort to contain the infraction in which over 100 people have been killed in the three states in the last one week.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The army took the action hours after Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, said there was no need for military deployment in Benue.<\/p>\n
Buhari had ordered Idris to relocate to Benue which has recorded highest casualties in the fresh crisis.<\/p>\n
Speaking with stakeholders at government house, Makurdi, Idris said the military could only come in when the police had been overwhelmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Amid the disturbing killing in some parts of the country, the Nigerian army has deployed special forces in Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa states. The presidency announced this in a tweet on Wednesday evening, in an effort to contain the infraction in which over 100 people have been killed in the three states in the last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":77244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2],"tags":[2157,7289,2335,11861,304,7294,20590,11977],"yoast_head":"\n