Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, says living in
Nigeria is hell.
He said this while reacting to the murder of a Benue-born
legal practitioner in Gusau, Zamfara state by suspected terrorists on Thursday.
The victim, identified as Benedict Torngee Azza from
Yelewata, Guma LGA of Benue, was killed at his residence.
The suspected terrorists were said to have invaded his apartment at Saminaka Area, Gusau beside the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) headquarters.
In a statement by Nathaniel Ikyur, his chief press
secretary, Ortom said Azza attempted to escape from his killers but was
overpowered and shot several times.
Reacting, Ortom said the incident shows the failure of the
All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government to protect the lives of
Nigerians.
“I have said it before and I will repeat it again. The
federal government must urgently convene a national security summit to end
these senseless killings. It is obvious that this federal government does not
want to secure the lives of Nigerians,” he said.
“This is the reason
why innocent Nigerians who go about their legitimate businesses are killed
every day like chicken by terrorists and nothing happens to them. Nigeria has
become a country where our lives don’t matter anymore.
“It is becoming clear everyday that living in Nigeria is
living in hell because the security has collapsed. No one is safe anymore. This
government cannot deal with the increasing insecurity in the country because it
has gotten out of control of the federal government. Every day, we move from
one bad case to a more deadly case.
“For how long shall we continue to lose our best brains to
the hands of terrorists who do not value lives? When will the Federal
Government take decisive steps to end this blood bath by these killers? It is
getting to a more dangerous situation where no man is safe again.”
He called on Bello Matawalle, Zamfara governor, to direct
security agencies in the state to fish out the killers of Azza and bring them
to book to justice.
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