{"id":68983,"date":"2025-06-25T11:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T11:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68983"},"modified":"2025-06-25T11:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T11:07:12","slug":"gov-alia-vows-justice-for-murdered-kano-travelers-condemns-attack-as-barbaric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/25\/gov-alia-vows-justice-for-murdered-kano-travelers-condemns-attack-as-barbaric\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov Alia Vows Justice for Murdered Kano Travelers, Condemns Attack as Barbaric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has strongly condemned the killing of two travelers from Kano State in Agan community, Makurdi, describing the act as \u201cbarbaric and unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Tuesday, Governor Alia expressed deep sorrow over the incident and reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe brutal attack and murder of two men from Kano State who were traveling through our state is a heinous act that will not be tolerated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that Benue people are known for their hospitality and peaceful disposition, and warned that criminal elements will not be allowed to destroy the state&#8217;s reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, the governor directed the Commissioner of Police and other security agencies to apprehend those responsible.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed that five suspects have already been arrested in connection with the crime.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Alia extended heartfelt condolences to Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf and the families of the deceased, assuring them that justice would be swiftly served.<\/p>\n<p>He also called for calm and urged residents to remain peaceful, stressing that efforts are underway to ensure the situation does not escalate into a broader security crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has strongly condemned the killing of two travelers from Kano State in Agan community, Makurdi, describing the act as \u201cbarbaric and unacceptable.\u201d In a statement issued on Tuesday, Governor Alia expressed deep sorrow over the incident and reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to justice. \u201cThe brutal attack and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":68984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68985,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68983\/revisions\/68985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}