Benue State University, Makurdi

A Review of the Benue State Peace Preservation Law CAP 123, Lawa of Benue State, 2004

Yangien Ornguga^*
Denen Simon Orkar^**

Abstract

The Benue State legislature has enacted the Peace Preservation Law to curb armed conflicts in the state. Despite the enactment of this law, armed conflicts have been on the increase. Inter-ethnic and sectarian conflicts have continued to occur unhindered. This article has, therefore, surveyed the Peace Preservation Law and put in perspective the responsibilities placed on the shoulders of different categories of persons as it relates to the preservation of peace in Benue State. The discourse has adopted the doctrinal method of research by placing reliance on the provisions of the legislation and relevant literature. The article found that the law has no place for the intervention of the Benue State legislature in the exercise of the powers of the Governor under the law. The discourse, therefore, recommended the amendment of the law to include a provision subjecting Governor’s powers under the law to legislative approval.

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