Samuel Ortom, Governor of Benue
State, has insisted that the killings perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen in the
state was “deliberate.”
The governor said the herdsmen
were attacking communities because they wanted residents to “embark on
reprisal” attacks.
Ortom spoke during an emergency
stakeholders meeting in Makurdi, the state capital, yesterday.
The governor insisted that no
amount of attacks will make the state repeal the anti-grazing law.
According to Ortom,“Because of
the crisis, we are now faced with over 80,000 internally displaced persons,
IDPs, in camps located at Daudu, Gbajimba, Utsav, Anyiin and Ugba.
“Let us continue to be firm. Let
us continue to be law-abiding and not take the law into our hands or embark on
reprisals. What we see happening now is deliberate.
“They want us to be angry and do
their desire but we are not going to do their bidding. “No matter the
intimidation, blackmail and name-calling there is no going back on the Benue
grazing law because it is for the good of all, herdsmen and farmers alike.”
Recall that the governor had
rained curses on those behind the killings perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen in
the state.
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