{"id":4955,"date":"2025-06-19T07:43:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=4955"},"modified":"2025-06-19T07:43:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:43:27","slug":"benue-massacre-equip-military-with-sophisticated-weapons-to-flush-out-terrorists-in-nigeria-nsf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/benue-massacre-equip-military-with-sophisticated-weapons-to-flush-out-terrorists-in-nigeria-nsf\/","title":{"rendered":"Benue Massacre: Equip military with sophisticated weapons to flush out terrorists in Nigeria-NSF\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">George Mgbeleke<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Saddened by the recent massacre of over 200 helpless citizens of Benue State, the Northern Senators to adequately fund the military to acquire Morden weapons to flush out terrorists and others of criminality in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Forum in a statement signed by its chairman, Senator Abdulaziz Musa\u00a0 Yar&#8217;adua\u00a0 said it is deeply saddened by the recent violent attacks in Benue State, resulting in loss of lives and property.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The statement reads in part,&#8221;We extend heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and pray for their eternal rest. We also wish a speedy recovery to those injured.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The NSF commends President Bola Ahmed Tinubu&#8217;s scheduled visit to the affected areas, demonstrating the government&#8217;s commitment to addressing security challenges.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We urge the federal government to follow up with concrete actions to ensure justice and prevent future occurrences.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The NSF called for increased funding for the military and other security agencies to acquire the necessary modern equipment needed to prosecute the war against terrorists and insurgents.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Furthermore, the forum\u00a0 called for inter-agency collaboration adding\u00a0 that it is\u00a0 crucial; &#8220;we urge the government to facilitate regular dialogue and coordination among security agencies.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; George Mgbeleke Saddened by the recent massacre of over 200 helpless citizens of Benue State, the Northern Senators to adequately fund the military to acquire Morden weapons to flush out terrorists and others of criminality in Nigeria. The Forum in a statement signed by its chairman, Senator Abdulaziz Musa\u00a0 Yar&#8217;adua\u00a0 said it is deeply [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[3206,2845,1061,3162,3204,3205],"class_list":["post-4955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-crime","tag-demonstrating","tag-facilitate","tag-funding","tag-massacre","tag-sophisticated","tag-weapons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4956,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955\/revisions\/4956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}