Benue: I ‘m Surprised IGP Idris Disobeyed My Directives And Many More Interesting Newspaper Headlines.
Almost every newspaper reports for today are centering on the same story of how President Muhammadu Buhari was ignorant of the IGP Idris’s disobeidience to his directives.
The VANGUARD reports that president muhammadu Buhari yesterday expressed shock that the inspector –general of Police, Ibrahim Idris disobeyed his directives to stay in benue until the blood-letting between the farmers and herdsmen were resolved.
Buhari who spoke in Makurdi in a continuation of his tour of security challenged state said as soon as the pogrom took place, he was visited by Senators George Akume and Barnabas Gemade, he directed the IGP to immediately relocate to the state coming from DAILY SUN.
THE PUNCH says that shortly after the 73 persons were killed in January following clashes between the farmers and the herdsmen, Buhari had asked Idris to relocate to Benue. But during the meeting with the stakeholders, Buhari was told that Idris did not spend up to 24 hours in the state. Buhari expressed shock, explained that he did the needful by ordering the IG to relocate to Benue.
New Telegraph also reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he was un aware that the inspector- General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim idris, disregarded his directives to relocate to Benue state after killing of 73 people in the Logo and Guma local government areas of the state.
“I am just getting to know this in this meeting, I am quite surprised” he said. He, however said that the meeting was not the best place to expose the inefficiency of his appointees, and appealed to Benue people to exercise restraint and live in peace with their neighbours. This is coming from the DAILY INDEPENDENT.
Two months after he directed Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris (IGP) to relocate to Benue State and stop killings by herdsmen, president Muhammadu Buhari discovered tonly yesterday that that his orders were not carried out reports THE GUARDIAN.
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE comes up with Benue leaders confront Buhari. Benue leaders, on Monday, confronted President Muhammadu Buhari over killings ongoing in the state. The leaders also told the president that they were not happy going by the response of the federal Government to reports of the killings in the state.
Still on the same news of Buhari visiting Benue, THE NATION reports that Benue state was in no holiday mood yesterday for the president. His visit ws to condole with the people over killings by the herdsmen and reassure them that the administration shared in their grief.
And finally Business day reports that lagos lying over new land use charge. The people of lagos who feel where the shoes pinches have had their say on the new lagos Land Use charge (LUC) and it flatly contradicts claims made by the state government.
