The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr. Ibrahim Idris has called on Benue and Nasarawa state indigenes to forgive herdsmen and live in peace and tranquility.
Idris made the call at a reconciliatory meeting between the two states on Tuesday in Abuja.
Suspected herdsmen, on New Year day, attacked and killed 73 persons in Logo and Guma Local government areas of Benue.
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue had alleged that Nasarawa state haboured some militia who came to attack the people of the state at will.
He said a lot of efforts and progress had been made to resolve the crisis between the two states that had lived in peace for before now.
The police boss said the meeting was not an avenue for anyone to apportion blame but to proffer solutions to the problem at hand.
“I want us to conduct this meeting as a sort of reconciliation; we are not here to apportion…
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