• HURIWA, IPCR condemn devt, say govs must take responsibility
Chuks Okocha and Michael Olugbode in Abuja
The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator David Mark, has condemned the renewed wave of killings in Benue and Plateau States, describing the persistent bloodshed across communities as intolerable and demanding immediate, decisive action to halt the carnage.
Reacting to reports of the gruesome killing of about 16 persons in Otukpo, Benue State, and nine others in Riyom, Plateau State, by suspected armed militias, Mark described the attacks as barbaric, reprehen-sible and a direct assault on the sanctity of human life.
In a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, Mark also expressed concern over the reported hijacking of a fully loaded Benue Links bus along the Otukpo–Taraku–Makurdi Road, where armed criminals reportedly abducted all the passengers into the bush.
