The suit was filed as an urgent one, along with an application to assign it to a court speedily and for it to be heard and dispensed with expeditiously, but in a surprising turn of events, it took up to 2 weeks for the matter to be assigned to a court, and no date has been set for its commencement yet.
The Governor gave the assurance weekend during the funeral Mass for the late Tor Sankera, HRM Abu King Shuluwa at the Saint Gerald’s Majella Cathedral, Katsina-Ala, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area, LGA, of the state.
Many analysts are closely watching the unfolding political developments in the State with concern, as ceaseless nocturnal meetings are being held in various locations by significant gladiators in the dispute. There are fears that the last has yet to be heard of this crisis, as each party tries to outdo the other and take complete control of the APC political structure in Benue.
The court was not necessarily opposed to the application, but the learned trial judge has another pressing assignmentoverseeing the funeral arrangements of His Lordship,the Honourable MrJustice J SIkyegh (Justice of the Court of Appeal) who passed on recently. Notably also, the courts close for the holiday season after this week to resume by the second week of January 2024.
The situation of land grabbing is generating unhealthy communities in our State. Unfortunately, perpetrators of this act cut across different categories of individuals, from thugs to chiefs and even traditional rulers. Consequently, some of these communities, which are agriculturally inclined, have remained inactive because of killings and ethnic clashes. I have noticed with keen interest the alarming rate at which the activities of the elders under the auspices of “Born Soil” in the communities of Benue State have discouraged development in some communities.