Amid the growing concerns over the spate of insecurity in the country, the Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has said that Nigeria’s military requires more resources to address the killings in the north central part of the country.
Sule, who disclosed this as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, explained that the military needs more support in the form of technology and communication, among others, to effectively deal with the situation.
The north central states of Benue and Plateau have come under a wave of attacks that left scores dead, homes destroyed and several residents displaced.
The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Monday confirmed that the death toll from the attacks on the Ukum and Logo local government areas by bandits had risen to 72.
He also urged the Federal Government to urgently step up security surveillance in Benue.
However, Governor Sule said, “The lengthy discussion we had with the general yesterday has shown that we must introduce more resources in the form of technology, in the form of people, and then the biggest of them all, in the form of communication, to support the military.
“You know, so we need to be able to assist the military with more communication, with more information, with, so that’s the only way that they will be able to achieve this. And I think that’s what we decided we are going back to do.”