Insecurity: ‘We don’t have a government at the Federal level'- Governor Ortom

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Insecurity: ‘We don’t have a government at the Federal level'- Governor Ortom







Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has condemned the killing of seven IDPs in the state.
 
According to him, the killings were carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen. He opined that the incessant killings of Nigerians in many parts of the country point to the fact that there is no government at the Federal level in Nigeria.
 
Addressing newsmen when he visited the IDP camp today April 27, Ortom said

''It is an unfortunate development that what is happening, if the Federal government had taken proactive steps, today we would not be where we are. 
In the last two weeks, we have buried over 70 persons in this local government alone. 
This is an unfortunate development and this is not acceptable.  The Federal government has refused to take proactive steps to arrest this ugly situation that we are witnessing.
You will recall that I alerted the entire nation when Fulanis met in Yola and declared that except we repeal the prohibition of the Open grazing law, Benue will not know peace. I was targeted for assassination. That was done on me. It is only God that saved me.
I did say they were going after my people and that the Federal government should arrest the leadership of Miyetti Allah that hosted that meeting. Up till today, nothing has been done. This is really unfortunate. It means we don't have a government in place at the Federal level. We don't have a government because if proactive steps were taken by arresting the Miyetti Allah leadership, this will not happen.
For several years we have been calling on the Federal government to take proactive steps to address this matter, they have refused to.''

 
Speaking further, he said if the President is indeed serious with regards to tackling the insecurity in the country, he should allow citizens carry arms.
 
Watch a video of him speaking below
 

 
 

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No govt in Nigeria, Buhari helping Fulanis take over – Ortom


 
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 April 28, 2021



Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom says the incessant killings in the state means that Nigeria does not have a government.

He lamented that over 70 people have been murdered in two weeks in Makurdi Local Government Area.
Ortom spoke to protesters on Tuesday at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Abagena village.
Suspected herdsmen, Monday night, killed citizens and wounded many others.


“What is happening now, to me, is very clear; Mr President is just working for these Fulanis to take over the whole country.”

He said Buhari’s body language is what is being played out and that the action and inaction of Mr President “shows that he is only the President of Fulani people”.

Ortom decried that attackers regularly send indigenes away from their homes, yet go to kill them where they take refuge.
Ortom called them “Fulani herdsmen”, stressing that “They are not bandits. They are Fulanis. We saw and heard them speak the language.”

The Benue helmsman stated that the federal authorities have been dragging foot on the matter.


“If the federal government had taken a proactive step, we will not be where we are. In the last two weeks, over 70 persons have been killed just in Makurdi Local Government Area alone.”

Noting that the situation is not acceptable, Ortom said similar killings were going on in Guma and Gwer-West.

Ortom recalled he alerted Nigerians when Fulanis from 14 countries met in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.

He said they declared that except the prohibition of open grazing law was reviewed, “Benue will not know peace.”


The governor wondered why the federal government was yet to arrest the leaders of Miyetti Allah that hosted the meeting. “It means we don’t have a government”, he declared.


“Mr President must do the needful and I want to suggest that immediately, let there be a security summit. I am aware that the situation is prevalent in other parts of the country.”


On Monday, the police command in Benue State also confirmed the kidnap of three students of the Federal University of Agriculture in Makurdi.