Killings: Benue to drag Miyetti Allah to ICC, says Justice Commissioner.
Benue State Government has said it would soon drag the Miyetti Allah, a Fulani socio-cultural group, to the International Criminal Court, ICC, at The Hague over the mindless invasion and killings in the state by armed Fulani herdsmen. Benue State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Michael Gusa who made this known on Thursday in Makurdi, he said it was incumbent on the government to take the action since from available records the masterminds of the genocide in the state were already known by their victims “and our killers also know themselves.” The Commissioner for justice who noted threats by the National Secretary-General of Miyetti Allah, Alhaji Saleh Alhassan to drag Governor Samuel Ortom before the ICC said the threat was preemptive given their fear that the state government would take the group to the court. In his words, the Attorney General said, “I think what they said was just to preempt what the Benue State Government would do to them because we recall th...