"Why We Invaded Benue Community" -- Nigerian Army Reveals

The Chief of the Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, says the army has besieged Gbishe in Katsina Ala local government area of Benue State, in a manhunt for Mr.Terwase Agwaza, also known as ‘Ghana’, for his alleged involvement in series of crimes and the murder of Mr. Denen Igbana, a former Special Assistant to the state Governor on Special Security....


General Burutai, who was represented by the Army Chief of Policy and Planning, Lincoln Ogunewe, told reporters in Makurdi, that the operation is aimed at fishing out a beneficiary of the Benue State Amnesty Programme, Mr Terwase Agwaza also known as Ghana, and to secure internal security in the country.

To corroborate this view, the Benue State government said the operation was sanctioned by the State Security Council following security report linking Mr Agwaza to the murder of the late security aide to Governor Samuel Ortom.