Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has again raised the alarm that Fulani herdsmen were planning to kidnap, torture and kill him.

The claimed that the herdsmen’s plan is billed to be hatched along Makurdi-Lafia-Abuyja highway.

Ortom disclosed this, on Friday, at an interactive session between the church, traditional institution and other stakeholders towards peace building, organised by the Makurdi Catholic Diocese held at the Pastoral Center in Makurdi, in the state capital.

The governor, who spoke in Tiv language, said he got an intelligence report that the Fulani herdsmen, who are currently occupying part of Guma Local Government Area of the state, were planning to attack him along Makurdi-Abuja-Lafia Road.

The governor said the armed herdsmen, according to the intelligence report, would ensure that all his security aides were killed after which they would kidnap him, torture him before killing him, adding that already, he had reported the matter to the police and other security agencies.

Accrording to Governor Ortom, “Therefore, anytime l sleep and wake up and my spirit doesn’t allow me to travel by road, I would call flight operators but just a few days ago, the Federal Government has issued a secular that no flight should land in Makurdi airport again.”

The governor, who also alleged that some Benue indigenes were conniving with other forces, in Abuja, to kill him, stressed the need for the Federal Government to urgently address the killings across Nigeria by herdsmen militia to pave way for peaceful election in 2019.

He maintained that most of the polling units in the crisis-affected areas have been destroyed and taken over by the Fulani herdsmen as their grazing fields.

“The killings across Nigeria is a deliberate attempt by some people either Boko Haram, armed bandits or herdsmen working for the same purpose to disenfranchise large proportion of Nigerians from voting for the leaders of their choice.

“Amnesty international had come out to disclose that over 19,000 people have lost their lives in Benue, Taraba, Kaduna, Nasarawa and Plateau states to herdsmen attacks and this does not speak well of Nigeria nation especially as we are heading towards 2019.”

While lamenting that Benue indigenes have become destitute and refugees in their fathers’ lands, Governor Ortom further disclosed that pockets of killings were still going on in Makurdi, Guma, Logo and Katsina Ala local government areas of the state.


He explained further that most of the farmlands along the borderlines of Taraba and Nasarawa states have been taken over by herdsmen militia who currently occupy the areas to the detriment of the indigenes.

“Even though, a goat doesn’t bite, but when you continue to provoke the goat, the goat will turn back and bite you”.

He attributed the success of his administration’s amnesty programme and the support given to him by leadership of the Catholic Church in the state.

While calling on international community to beam their searchlights on states affected by herdsmen crisis in the country, the governor enjoined traditional rulers to go back and enlighten their subjects on the need to register with INEC and obtain their PVCs which is the only sure way vote out leaders with questionable characters in next year’s general elections.

But reacting to Governor Ortom’s claim, National Coordinator of Miyetti Allah Cattlr Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Garus Galolo, said the governor’s claim was not only false, but mischievous.

Galolo, who said that Miyetti Allah are not in conflict with anyone in the country, maintained that Governor Ortom was far from the truth and should explain to his people why has has not met their socio-economic aspirations rather that shift blame of his failure on herdsmen.

In a chat with newsmen, Catholic Bishop of Makurdi, Bishop Wilfred Anagbe, disclosed that over 306 traditional rulers, youths, members of both Catholic Women Organisation (CWO) and Catholic Men Organisation and other stakeholders were invited for the meeting to educate them on a violence-free election ahead of 2019.

While noting that Nigeria had been ravaged by violent crisis in the last few years, Anagbe maintained that it was pertinent on the church to meet and discuss with the traditional rulers who are instruments of peace in their domains to enlighten their subjects that no politician should intimidate, coerce or induce them to vote against their conscience.

According to Anagbe, “Tiv land, Benue land and Nigeria as a whole has been traumatised by series of violent crisis in the past few years and now that elections are around the corner, people are taking advantage of this.

“We are trying to let them get into the picture of having to be instruments of peace in their locality because these are the people in the grassroots.

“We have had enough of bloodshed. Let us now do politics that is devoid of violence. If anyone comes to deceive them with whatever inducement, they must be able to resist it,” he said.

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Ortomatic Governor

It's not herdmen, it's a militia group sponsored by buhari and other key Nigerian enemies in the north

Why no flights in Benue?

Pdp and criminality

The guy that threatened saraki is a special adviser to Ortom

Thief Ortom want to start another civil war.
Why label one of the major ethnic group as terrorist for political purpose.

The table you are about to shake is dangerous.

Why not tell us your boys you are be sponsoring are about to assassinate you because you failed to pay them.

The terrorist fellowers will not comments on real news/issues.

Lol

Just say Buhari is trying to kill you.

How will ordinary Fulani herdsmen kidnap a sitting governor if Buhari hands are not in it?

They can't harm you. they may try to intimidate you, but APC can't afford to have a murdered opposition governor on its watch few month to elections

Fulani herdsmen men after you?

Ortom the lamenting governor. One day one complaint.

No fear ma gov'nor nothin dey happen

Butterflyle0:
Ortom the lamenting governor. One day one complaint.

Olboy you sef know say Apc don lose middle belt for real..

as you dey post say 1million people decamp from pdp to Apc..

your mind no tell you say all na for salah meat..
abi you ever believe say Apc go win benue?

abobby eh..

you dey try with your plenty threads on ApC promotion..

but all readers know wetin dey sub..

don't be deceive with rhe likes....

no body is decamping to Apc from other parties..except once wey dem no gree give ticket..

wait sef..
you know dey this country abi.. you dey moon dey write ni?

Apc has been rejectex all over... even in lagos oyo...

maybe you go around again..this time do youe work well..
then advise the dullard to resign..cos next year eh..
the kind defeat wey dey wait is unprecedented..

go do your research well and be informed..

propaganda no dey help..e dey even make matters worst..cos Nigerians aint fools

bonnylight003:


Olboy you sef know say Apc don lose middle belt for real..

as you dey post say 1million people decamp from pdp to Apc..

your mind no tell you say all na for salah meat..
abi you ever believe say Apc go win benue?

abobby eh..

you dey try with your plenty threads on ApC promotion..

but all readers know wetin dey sub..

don't be deceive with rhe likes....

no body is decamping to Apc from other parties..except once wey dem no gree give ticket..

wait sef..
you know dey this country abi.. you dey moon dey write ni?

Apc has been rejectex all over... even in lagos oyo...

maybe you go around again..this time do youe work well..
then advise the dullard to resign..cos next year eh..
the kind defeat wey dey wait is unprecedented..

go do your research well and be informed..

propaganda no dey help..e dey even make matters worst..cos Nigerians aint fools

Who be this fly? Carry your wailing to your village. This is a different thread just in case you didn't notice.

My own is to pepper people like you until PMB returns in 2019 and once he is back in Aso Rock, your wailing will quadruple.

You never see anything yet

Benue youths no fit defend their land

Butterflyle0:


Who be this fly? Carry your wailing to your village. This is a different thread just in case you didn't notice.

My own is to pepper people like you until PMB returns in 2019 and once he is back in Aso Rock, your wailing will quadruple.

You never see anything yet

fly?
na so e pain you reach?

you for talk say na the pain dey make you fool yourself on a daily basis..with your very foolish propaganda..

pepper?

I've told you put your money wia your mouth is.. if you so sure that the dullard will return 2019..

wailing?

yes..i am. with millions of Nigerians..wailing for good governance not cosmetics and propaganda lies filled administration..

wailing increase?

na you dey open 6 threads of propaganda daily.
but why?
are you wailing too?
cos you cry more...

wake up.. before you crash.. stop sleeping on byke.. this is 2018 not 2015

you guys succeeded with 15 fooling majority..

bro this time.. Nigerians are wiser than the 3 wise men from the east..

your propagandas and lies aint flying again..
except for zombie that gives likes..

both of us knows this..and you know we all know..
stop wasting your wailing time

This governor is a quack. If they want to kill you then you know what you can easily do. Partner up with like minded people that YOU yourself have cultural ties to and ask for referendum.


NONSENSE

Calm down Atom
We elements of Saraki are solidly behind

Ortom turning to Wike every day one allegation or the other.

If it's not police trying to assassinate me, it's federal government wants to impeach me or federal government wants to declare state of emergency, or EFCC has frozen my state account.

Today is Fulani herdsmen wants to kill me. Tomorrow INEC wants to rig for APC.

Nigerians are aware of who the herdsmen are working for, they herdsmen are terrorizing the country by killing people, by displacing innocent Nigerians from their homes, by turning children to orphans, turning mothers to widows, etc, and the present APC administration are doing nothing about but rather supporting them indirectly by demanding for land to give them.