Others • Created March 31, 2014 17:18

Benue Crisis: Chemical weapons used – NAFDAC DG

Director General of National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr. Paul Orhii has urged the federal government to urgently look into allegations of the involvement of chemical weapons in the killing of people in Benue state by suspected herdsmen. Orhii who also alleged that the substance used to kill people in some […]

Benue Crisis: Chemical weapons used – NAFDAC DG
Benue Crisis: Chemical weapons used – NAFDAC DG

Left, Director General, National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Dr Paul Orhii with internally displaced personsDirector General of National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr. Paul Orhii has urged the federal government to urgently look into allegations of the involvement of chemical weapons in the killing of people in Benue state by suspected herdsmen.

Orhii who also alleged that the substance used to kill people in some part of the state was a suspected chemical weapon disclosed that it was concealed in a canister shell.

“Chemical weapons have been used on our people and for the first time, I saw it yesterday. It was concealed in canister shells,” he said.

The NAFDAC boss added while donating relief materials worth over N20 Million to internally displaced persons within Makurdi that the crisis needed to be checked before it becomes detrimental to the entire country.

He however sued for peace among the warring factions to enable peace prevail for the positive development of the state.

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