{"id":8732,"date":"2018-03-12T09:04:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T15:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8732"},"modified":"2018-03-12T09:04:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T15:04:17","slug":"empty-streets-deafening-silence-mourning-welcome-president-buhari-to-makurdi-benue","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/empty-streets-deafening-silence-mourning-welcome-president-buhari-to-makurdi-benue\/","title":{"rendered":"Empty streets, deafening silence &amp; mourning welcome President Buhari to Makurdi, Benue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At last, President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Makurdi, the capital of Benue State to condole with the Governor Samuel Ortom over the recent invasion of Fulani Herdsmen into different communities that left scores of farmers dead.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike his visits to Plateau and Kano \u2013 two other states in which clashes killed several people \u2013 the President was welcomed by empty streets and deafening silence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8733\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/88D7BF67-D0D2-49AB-9B04-87671BB61483.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/88D7BF67-D0D2-49AB-9B04-87671BB61483.jpeg 352w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/88D7BF67-D0D2-49AB-9B04-87671BB61483-235x300.jpeg 235w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/88D7BF67-D0D2-49AB-9B04-87671BB61483-100x128.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8734\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/53C5AD48-0502-4047-A4C9-50A6BCF973BA.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"519\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/53C5AD48-0502-4047-A4C9-50A6BCF973BA.jpeg 519w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/53C5AD48-0502-4047-A4C9-50A6BCF973BA-300x250.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/53C5AD48-0502-4047-A4C9-50A6BCF973BA-100x83.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8735\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DD51DE84-E388-4C37-B155-BDE555EAEAA6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DD51DE84-E388-4C37-B155-BDE555EAEAA6.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DD51DE84-E388-4C37-B155-BDE555EAEAA6-234x300.jpeg 234w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DD51DE84-E388-4C37-B155-BDE555EAEAA6-100x128.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A \u201dmammoth silence\u201d welcomed the President to the food basket of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>By wuzupnigeria<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At last, President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Makurdi, the capital of Benue State to condole with the Governor Samuel Ortom over the recent invasion of Fulani Herdsmen into different communities that left scores of farmers dead. 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