Ebun Francis || Following the killings in some parts of the country, the Nigerian army on Wednesday began the deployment special forces in Benue, Taraba, and Nasarawa states.
The deployment is an attempt to bring to an end the orgy of violent killings in the three middle belt states which have surged in recent months.
The deployment was announced by the presidency in a tweet on Wednesday evening.
The tweet from President Buhari’s official twitter handle @NGRPresident read, UPDATE: @HQNigerianArmy has deployed Special Forces To Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa States to secure vulnerable communities and prevent further attacks.
So far more than 100 people have been killed in the three states over the last one week.
President Buhari had on Tuesday ordered the Inspector General of Police, Idris Abubakar to relocate to Benue state, the epicentre of the crisis.
The deployment of the troops is coming against the position of the IGP who argued on Wednesday at a stakeholders meeting in Makurdi against such deployment.