The River state governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has paid a solidarity visit and donated N200 million to his Benue state counterpart, Mr. Solomon Ortom.
Nyesom Wike said on Wednesday that the money he donated to Benue State was part of his support to help the state after suffering a recent herdsmen attack.
He said he was also in Benue to commiserate with state over the New Year’s killings of about 73 people by suspected herdsmen.
He challenged the Nigerian Governors Forum to defend the integrity and office of Nigerian Governors from partisan police authority.
The governor accused the police of demeaning their Benue state colleague on a live Television programme.
He said in Makurdi, after a meeting with Governor Samuel Ortom that the state needed support.
The two governors took a drive to the mass grave site where the victims were buried and later met with stakeholders in the state.
Ortom in his remarks, alleged that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, had taken sides with the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, whom the governor accuse of sponsoring the Benue herdsmen killings. – NAN.
