Samuel Ortom, Governor of Benue
State, on Tuesday said the killing perpetrated by herdsmen in the State became
worse due to “threat without action,”
Ortom said this while asking
President Muhammadu Buhari to do the needful about the killings in the state.
Speaking with State House
Correspondents after a closed-door meeting with the President at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja, the governor said Buhari had been carrying out some
investigations to know the next line of action to take on the situation.
According to Ortom,“I briefed Mr
President when this incident took place on January 1. After staying back on the
ground to do the needful to ensure that we restore normalcy, I said it was
important for me to come personally and brief him and that has been done.
“Already, because of the
communications we have been having when this incidents started, actions have
been taken as directed by him. The movement of the DIG, the movement of the IG
now to relocate to Benue state to ensure that this challenge is surmounted was
at the instance of Mr President.
“Of course, additional personnel
of DSS and police have been deployed and even the army. We have additional
personnel on ground now. We have adequately and fully given them the logistics
support to ensure that our people are protected.
“I had to brief him, he is also
doing further investigation to know the next line of action. I believe that my
request that the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore be arrested be
approved… I accused them directly since June last year. I have been writing to
the leadership of security agencies, that these people are a threat to our
collective interest and they must be dealt with.
“They must be arrested and
prosecuted because we cannot allow impunity to continue to thrive. And of
course, threat and no action has resulted in this killing and I think that Mr
President will also do the needful to ensure something is done.”
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