Benue Cleans Up Overnight Ahead of Tinubu’s Visit, Citizens Question Priorities

As President Bola Tinubu prepares to visit Benue State on Wednesday over the recent spate of killings, Governor Hyacinth Alia has ordered an emergency clean-up of Makurdi, with residents clearing bushes and roads overnight.

A viral video shows locals using cutlasses and mowers late into the night. One resident is heard saying, “It’s tonight the governor remembered to clear town because the president is coming.”

A government letter also directed support groups to stage a colourful procession from the airport to Government House, where Tinubu will hold a town hall meeting.

However, social media users are questioning the motive behind the clean-up and elaborate mobilization, asking why such effort is being put into appearances when the visit is about tragic k**lings and not a celebration.