Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom calls on the Federal Government to suspend the proposed National Population Census scheduled for May 2023.
Ortom made the call when he received a delegation from the Middle Belt Forum led by its President, Dr Bitrus Pogu in Makurdi, the state capital.
The Governor, who alleges there may be a hidden agenda on the conduct of the census, asked the FG to halt the exercise until the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, return to their homes.
The state has the worst record of herdsmen attack in the country, with thousands of persons killed within a year.
Benue has over two million persons living in different IDPs camps across the state.
Barely one week ago, the dreaded killer herdsmen invaded one of the IDPs’ camps and killed at least 35 persons.
