The Progressives Governors Forum has declared its full support for President Bola Tinubu’s response to the recent killings in Benue.

The chairman of the PGF, Governor Hope Uzodimma, stated this to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday after a meeting with some progressive governors.

He said the PGF stood united with the president in his resolve to end violent attacks and hold the perpetrators accountable.

Mr Tinubu had, earlier on Wednesday, visited Benue to condole with Governor Hyacinth Alia over the killings in Yelwata, Guma LGA.

He said, “The Progressives Governors Forum is fully in support of President Tinubu’s position on the Benue killings. We were in Benue state, first, to show solidarity to our colleague, the Governor of Benue state.

“To condole with him for that unfortunate incident and also, encourage Mr President in his efforts to address this situation in Benue state which continues to repeat itself.

“We are satisfied with the position of Mr President on his planned action to stop further killings and violence, not only in Benue state, but almost in every part of the country.”

Mr Uzodimma added, “Arising from that, we just rose from a meeting where we also discussed the state of the nation and the need for the sub-national governments to take security up to the rural communities.

“Henceforth, we must do everything, whatever it will take, to protect lives and property in Nigeria, which is the primary essence of government.”

The governor also commended the president for all the strides and achievements he had recorded in two years.

“We are satisfied by the way he is going and in the very nearest future, Nigeria will come out of this and prosperity will become the order of the day.

“So we encourage all of us Nigerians and condole the families of those involved in the unfortunate incidents in the state and other parts of the country. And we are showing our people who voted us to power that we have buckled up and we have braced up.

“We are ensuring to provide to the security agencies everything that they require to ensure that every space, the governed and the ungoverned, is adequately protected,” the Imo governor explained.

(NAN)