A former Director of the Department of State Security Services, Mike Ejiofor has revealed those behind the recent Benue attack.<\/p>\n
Mike Ejiofor speaking with Channels said that the Benue killers are fleeing Boko Haram members rather than herdsmen.<\/p>\n
According to him, the kind of sophisticated weapons used by the attackers for the massacre created his suspicion that fleeing Boko Haram members are in control.<\/p>\n
He said \u201cI suspect very strongly too that these people are fleeing Boko Haram members who took to their heels when the military turned the heat in the northeast.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sophistication in which they operate, the arms they use calls to question what our intelligence services are doing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe should be able to identify these people. We should be able to know what they want because Miyetti Allah, the national body dissociated themselves from this.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Benue for instance, the Miyetti Allah said they cannot obey the law. And at the same time, they said Fulani people were not involved. It is a contradiction.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe incessant killings Is a big challenge on the part of the government which needs prompt and rapid attention.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source: Daily Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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