Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has called for the suspension of the proposed National Population Census scheduled for May 2023.
Ortom made the call when he received a delegation from the Middle Belt Forum in Makurdi, the state capital.
He asked the federal government to halt the exercise until Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, return to their homes.
The state has the worst record of herdsmen attack in the country, with thousands of persons killed within a year.