{"id":7091,"date":"2025-06-18T09:27:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=7091"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:27:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:27:37","slug":"flood-blocks-makurdi-abuja-road-hours-before-tinubus-visit-to-benue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/06\/18\/flood-blocks-makurdi-abuja-road-hours-before-tinubus-visit-to-benue\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood Blocks Makurdi\u2013Abuja Road Hours Before Tinubu\u2019s Visit To Benue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A few hours before President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s planned visit to Benue State, the Makurdi\u2013Lafia\u2013Abuja road has become impassable due to severe flooding.<\/h3>\n

The<\/b> significant floodwaters have engulfed the highway, leaving both motorists and passengers stranded.<\/p>\n

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This affected route, which serves as a crucial corridor into Makurdi, has compelled commuters to either delay their travels or find refuge in safer locations.<\/p>\n

The timing of the flooding has raised alarms as it coincides with increased security and logistical preparations for the President\u2019s one-day visit to express condolences to the people of Benue regarding the recent massacre in Yelewata.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the Nigerian Senate has called for decisive steps to be taken to end the killings and other violence ravaging communities in Benue State.<\/p>\n

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This is as the lawmakers condemned the renewed wave of killings in the state.<\/p>\n

The Senate’s position was made known on Tuesday in a briefing by their spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu,<\/strong>\u00a0who called for urgent, collaborative, and lasting solutions to the Benue situation.<\/p>\n

According to him, the Senate, in partnership with the executive, will visit the affected communities with a delegation of senators to commiserate with the victims and engage with critical stakeholders on the ground.<\/p>\n

He said,\u00a0\u201cWe are tired of paying condolence visits. We must put a stop to the killings. That\u2019s why collaboration from everyone, federal, state, security agencies, and most importantly, the locals, is essential to find a lasting solution.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Adaramodu declared the Senate\u2019s support for President Bola Tinubu\u2019s planned visit to Benue State on Wednesday, stating that the President\u2019s presence would lend significant weight to ongoing peace and security efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the visit of Mr. President tomorrow, it will make great mileage,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A few hours before President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s planned visit to Benue State, the Makurdi\u2013Lafia\u2013Abuja road has become impassable due to severe flooding. The significant floodwaters have engulfed the highway, leaving both motorists and...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7093,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7091\/revisions\/7093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}