By Yemi Itodo

A Chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Garus Gololo, has cautioned Benue State Governor to stop using ex-convicts and other criminal elements to kill and extort Fulani men around the state.

At a press briefing in Abuja Sunday evening, Gololo specifically accused one of Ortom’s appointees, Mr. Linus Zaki, the Benue State Commander of Livestock Guard of extortion money from Herders whose cows they arrested, in the name of anti-open grazing law in the state.


Gololo said, aside empowering the one time most wanted criminal in Benue, Late Terwese Agwaza (Gana); Ortom also allegedly secured the release of Mr. Zaki, who served 5 years out of his life sentence, owing to series of cases of murder, and made him to head the team fighting Fulani herdsmen who were going about their normal business.

“You can see from this picture here, the carcass of a young Tiv businessman, Derga Yasfa, whose mother is an elder sister to Ortom’s orderly. He was lured and murdered by the same man Ortom appointed in his government as Commander, in Guma local government in 2013.

“Same Zaki was accused of killing Alhaji Shayi, leader of Fulanis in Gwer West in 2010. When you go to State CID in Makurdi, you would see many of his files involving killings, robbery and others. When you come to Federal SARS in Abuja, you would also see many case files of Zaki bothering on so many crimes.

“Few days ago, he went to Keana, a place in Nasarawa and claimed one Alhaji Gajere was indulging in open grazing. He arrested 120 cows belonging to him and took to Makurdi. Gajere had to pay N10m as ransom to collect his cows back, that was after about 30 cows were declared dead or missing.


“Everyday we get reports from our tribesmen how Ortom’s men arrest their cows and collect ransom, ranging from N3m to N10m. All the criminals recruited by Linus Zaki are now big millionaires, from Fulani sweats. I have told you last week how they stop and search for Fulanis and kill them.

“But you won’t see any of these in the media, because the Fulanis don’t have such influence on the Nigeria’s media. But I have just told you the reality”, Gololo said.

He added that, when Governor Ortom proposed the Anti-Open Grazing Law in Benue in 2017, he promised to run a ‘Pilot Ranching’, where there could be borehole water for the cattle and herders, Police Stations and Livestock Guards as well as Veterinary and other healthcare services.

The APC Chieftain advised the Governor to put those things in place and also stop his boys from attacking Fulani herdsmen so he could be running to the media to cry the victim.

He also described it as “laughable”, the statement credited to Governor Ortom in many pages of Sunday newspapers that he (Ortom) was ready to receive those Fulani herdsmen being displaced in the South West.

“How can someone who is asking the indigenous Fulanis born and bred in Benue, that have been living in peace with their host communities to leave the state, and then turn back to mock the Fulani nation that he would receive those coming from Yoruba land?”, Gololo rhetorically asked.

killer Fulani herdsmen don't care about your rules and law so you treat them without rules and law. That way, peace returns.





Buhari, a good man with evil intentions

Look at the commander's face like hisbah police. I can see corruption written all over his face.


By the way,that serves the fulanis right, obey the law of anti grazing, they will say they own all the land. Ntooor.