Benue State Governor, Samuel
Ortom, yesterday raised the alarm over an alleged fresh plot by a group of
herdsmen under the auspices of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of
Nigeria (MACBAN) to attack and kill him.
The governor, who disclosed this
while speaking with journalists in his office at the Government House,
identified former MACBAN Coordinator in the state, Alhaji Garus Gololo, as the
alleged leader of the killer herdsmen, which he said have been threatening his
life.
Ortom said he had reported the
planned attack on him to security operatives. He expressed optimism that the
killer herdsmen will not succeed as God who gives and takes life is with him
and cannot die in the hands of Fulani herders who are against him for
promulgating the anti-open grazing law.
“There are threats to my life and
I have reported that to the security agencies that one Gaurus Gololo and his
team, who are members of MACBAN, are planning to attack me. But I always said
life belongs to God. It is God that gives and takes life. So, my life is not in
the hands of any Fulani man who is not happy with the promulgation of the
anti-open grazing law in the state” he said.
Herdsmen recently attacked and
destroyed Ortom’s farm house in Gbajimba, Guma Local Government Area of Benue
State.
Meanwhile, the governor yesterday
reconciled with his predecessor, Dr. Gabriel Suswam, whom he has not seen
eye-to-eye with since assumption of office about three years ago. The gesture, according to the governor, is
for the common good and development of the state. This followed a reconciliatory
meeting convened at the instance of paramount ruler of the Tiv nation, the Tor
Tiv, Prof. James Ayatse, to mediate in the protracted face-off between the two
politicians of Tiv extraction.
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