Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, says 18 of the 23 local government areas in the state are under attack by “herdsmen.”

He lamented the “continued onslaught” against the state by the herdsmen, calling for vigilance from the people.

Ortom was speaking in Makurdi on Monday while interacting with journalists after his return from China.

The governor said President Muhammadu Buhari was working round the clock with his security chiefs to end the attacks.

He also said Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff (COAS), would soon visit the state to address some of the challenge.

Ortom also condemned the recent burning down of some houses in a community by soldiers as well as the killing of a soldier by hoodlums in the area.

He said neither the killing of the soldier nor the arson that followed the killing could be justified in law.

He, however, disclosed that the five suspects linked to the soldier’s death were handed over to the police and wondered why the soldiers still went on to burn houses.

“Reprisal of any kind will not be accepted by my government and blood shed should not take place in the state no matter the situation,” he said.

“When you allow lawlessness to prevail, you are calling for anarchy and when anarchy is allowed to prevail it will unleash a lot of havoc in the society.”

http://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/05/18-of-23-lgas-in-benue-are-under-attack.html

Wake up from your slumber oga governor. They are gradually wiping your lineage.

Betwix buhari and tomtom Who has the solution to all these attack Like for tomtom Share for buhari

tell ur people dat they ave d chance to correct their wrongs in 2019.let dem get their PVCs and do d needful. in d meantime they should arm themselves with wat ever they can lay their hands on. it doesn't matter if they go down, what matters most is ao many people they take down with dem

Ortom is not even serious....
No wonder these killings have persisted


Keep rigmaroling

Imagine this stupid looking NURTW of a Governor endorsing the terrible tormentor of his State, Buhari, for second term

It's a shame that even our so-called governor cannot see the handwriting on the wall or better still, maybe he is part of the plot to wipe off Benue indigenes from their state for political reasons or to get security vault..{blood money}. How can the governor be giving the state hope that the president & his security men are going round to end the problem & up till now, no arrest has been made? Up till now, we see killings carried out everyday from one area of the state to another. How come no military personnel has been station at strategic places where all these activities are going on? I'm not in Benue state but I weep for the state to share their pains. Where are all those generals & big names that are from Benue state?Please, in the name of God we serve, whosoever that is responsible for the ongoing Slaughter should put an end to it.Let's stop the killings & blood shed...

When it was on one lga(Agatu), he(the governor) went to the lg headquarter and asked them to settle with the fulani or he withdraw the security personnel on ground shortly did he kno that the whole thing will transfers to his lg, wats gud for the goose is also gud for d gander.

Thats what you get by electing a clueless and a terrorist as a leader

Benue people if you hear APC next time maje una run o

Chepos1:
When it was on one lga(Agatu), he(the governor) went to the lg headquarter and asked them to settle with the fulani or he withdraw the security personnel on ground shortly did he kno that the whole thing will transfers to his lg, wats gud for the goose is also gud for d gander.

caspet:
It's a shame that even our so-called governor cannot see the handwriting on the wall or better still, maybe he is part of the plot to wipe off Benue indigenes from their state for political reasons or to get security vault..{blood money}. How can the governor be giving the state hope that the president & his security men are going round to end the problem & up till now, no arrest has been made? Up till now, we see killings carried out everyday from one area of the state to another. How come no military personnel has been station at strategic places where all these activities are going on? I'm not in Benue state but I weep for the state to share their pains. Where are all those generals & big names that are from Benue state?Please, in the name of God we serve, whosoever that is responsible for the ongoing Slaughter should put an end to it.Let's stop the killings & blood shed...

He was part of it until the whole tin turn to his lga and it was late for him to withdraw and control the menace.

...and yet he endorsed buhari for a second term.

I call on all Benue people to vote out both men in 2019.

Pdp should look for credible men. They dont need to be politicians,as long as they have credibility

Scum of a Governor

Put Fayose or Wike in the shoes of Ortom, and imagine what the difference would have been.

Trump has told you there religious cleansing of your Christians going on and yet you are still waiting for Buaratai whose Army is an active actor in the whole crisis

Abegi all these talku talku don taya person,can't the indigenes defend themselves?or re the still waiting for the government to come to their aid?A government that is biased and heavily compromised.

Ortom, tell your people to organise themselves and defend themselves.

The LGs/villages should coordinate and cooperate because I observed that the villages are not cooperating hence the fulanis are taking them in piecemeal. Haba, is it not the same Tiv warriors I read about?