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Accommodate your countrymen, Buhari begs Benue leaders

Accommodate your countrymen, Buhari begs Benue leaders Buhari and Benue leaders discussed the recent crisis in the state President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appealed to the government and people of Benue State to “in the name of God” accommodate their countrymen. He urged them to exercise restraint following the recent attacks on some communities and assured them that all the perpetrators of violence in the state will be made to face the wrath of the law. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President made the call while receiving a delegation of political leaders, traditional rulers and elders of the state led by Governor Samuel Ortom at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari was quoted as promising that all those involved in the conflict that culminated in the loss of lives would not escape justice, including any illegally armed militia in the state. The President commiserated with all the victims of