Benue State Governor, Samuel
Ortom, has said the state cannot continue to bury her citizens as a result of
ceaseless attacks on them by suspected herdsmen.
The Governor while speaking at
St. Bernard’s Primary School, Ugwu-Okpoga, assured that killing of Benue people
had come to an end.
Governor Ortom, who consoled the
bereaved families, as well reinstated his call for the arrest of the leadership
of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, added that despite the pains, the Open Grazing
Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law had come to stay in Benue.
He recalled that with the Omusu
attack, the three senatorial districts had tested death occasioned by the
aggression of the herdsmen and maintained that his administration was always
ready to provide security for lives and properties of every section of the
state .
Speaking separately, the Deputy
Governor, Engr. Benson Abounu, Deputy Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly,
Hon. James Okefe, Chief Obande Obeya, Chairman, Okpokwu Local Government
Council, Hon Olofu Ogwuche, the three socio-cultural organizations in the state
and Pastor Dave Ogbole expressed satisfaction in the state government’s
handling of the crisis since January 1st and urged all to be united behind the
Governor to win the war against terror.
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I hate hearing this Mr. Governor. Do something and stop crying.
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