Benue State Governor, Samuel
Ortom, on Wednesday insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari has not done
enough to stop the killings perpetrated by herdsmen in the state.
The governor made the remark
while reacting to the letter Buhari sent to the Senate disclosing measures he
was putting in place to stem killings in the state and other parts of the
country.
In a statement signed by his
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Tahav Agerzua, Ortom while stressing
that much has not been done, said, “you and I know that the killings still
continue.”
The statement reads, “Though the
President has drafted the IGP to Benue state to stop the killings, that is
certainly not enough. The killings is still going on.
“We cannot say he had done enough
because he had notice of these killings a long time ago when these people held
a press conference and threatened to invade the state the Governor wrote to him
severally.
“Our tribal leaders also raised
alarm and made appeals and also wrote an open letter to the President over the
matter and before the new year days killings.
“He has not done enough, though
the killings have reduced but he has certainly not done enough.”
Recall that renewed violence
broke out yesterday in Gboko area of the state.
The situation forced the governor
into imposing a dusk to dawn curfew in Gboko town until further notice.
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