Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has said the President
Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government was paying deaf ears to the incessant
killing of innocent Nigerians.
The Governor, who bared his mind in an interview with
reporters, on Tuesday, at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi, following the
attacks on two communities in the State where more than 24 persons were killed
in their sleep by militia Fulani herdsmen, said, “enough is enough.”
Suspected Fulani herdsmen had invaded and killed 8 persons
in Mbadwem, Guma Local Government and 16 in Tiortyu, a sprawling settlement in
Tarka Local Government, along Makurdi-Gboko road.
Governor Ortom, who was livid with anger, described the
attacks as “unfortunate and the height of impunity.”
He accused the APC Government led by President Buhari of
paying deaf ears and lip service to his cries and that of Benue people “as the
herdsmen continue to invade our communities and kill innocent people.”
The Governor recalled how he had always alerted Nigerians
and the Federal Government on the murderous activities of the Fulani terrorists
for many years, “yet they didn’t believe me. Now, they are gradually taking
over every space in the country. We are now sharing our sovereignty with
terrorists.”
Governor Ortom alleged that the plan of the herdsmen and
their sponsors was to send the people away from their ancestral homes and take
over the lands and cause confusion in the country so that the forthcoming elections
may not hold.
In his words, “I suspect that very soon, some States will be
completely taken over by these Fulani men called bandits. I suspect that very
soon even the Presidential Villa will be handed over to them. I suspect
strongly that this is their plan and so nobody should deceive me.”
The governor said he is old enough to understand the agenda
of the terrorist Fulani against Nigeria, because as he puts it, “it is a plan
to hand over to these Fulani men who are called bandits so there will be no
election”.
He appealed to good-spirited Fulani men and those who have
the ears of the President to impress on him to stop the evil going on in the
country.
He warned that if nothing was done, the people would resort
to self help which would throw the country into anarchy.
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