In Benue state, we do not have any religious, ethnic, racial, national or state genocide. We have insecurity but not a genocide – Gov Alia

Benue state governor, Hyacinth Alia, has dismissed claims of any form of genocide happening in his state. While speaking at a public function, the governor said he is a Reverend Father and one who works with the fear of God and that on that basis, he cannot lie about the state of insecurity in his state.

He went further to state that indeed they have insecurity in the state, what they do not have is any form of religious, ethnic, racial, national or state genocide. 

In his words,

‘’I am a Reverend Father so being in governance does not take that away from me. I am still a Reverend Father. I came in as a governor as a Reverend Father, I am working with the fear of God and the compassion of Christianity and humanity and at the end of the day, I am still going back to the church as a Reverend father and a Christian.

In my state of Benue, we do not have any religious, ethnic, racial, national or state genocide. We don’t have that. Do we ghave a number of insecurity in the state? Yes we do but it is not a genocide”

Watch a video of him speaking below

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