Ombatse Cult Attack:APC and PDP Senators Disagree on the Need For State of Emergency

Emergency Rule in Nasarawa The idea of declaring the state of emergency in Nasarawa following the recent clashes in the state has led to a disagreement between the two of the Senators representing the state.

The two sides are Senator Solomon Ewuga, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Senator Suleiman Adokwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Senator Solomon Ewuga, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), reportedly said that although he was deeply concerned that the communal crises in the state had remained unabated, despite several peace efforts made by the federal and Nasarawa state governments, religious, traditional leaders and concerned individuals, he was still optimistic that continuous dialogue with the warring parties, than coercive force, would bring the situation to a permanent end. Although he welcomed troops’ deployment to the state by the Federal Government to help bring the situation under control, Ewuga, however, feared that military force could further escalate the situation. Recall that Senator Suleiman Adokwe, who represents Nasarawa South, had last Thursday, at a briefing in Abuja, appealed to the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the state, saying the series of crises in the state had reached the level that could no longer be treated with kid gloves. “I am going to back the members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly who have already called for the declaration of a state of emergency in the state,” Senator Adokwe said. The Federal Government had since deployed military troops to the state to restore peace and order after the latest crisis believed to be between Ombatse militia youths of Eggon extraction and Alago ethnic nationality, left many people dead, many others seriously injured and property worth several millions of naira destroyed.-Ynaija