The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has asked Nigerians not to politicize the attack on him. According to him, the attack is beyond partisan politics.
It could be recalled that the governor revealed some days ago that about 15 herdsmen, who were dressed in black, shot at him and his entourage on his farm, where he claimed that he had to run a distance of about 1.5 kilometres to escape.
Addressing journalists after the State Security Council meeting at the New Banquet Hall of the Government House, Makurdi, on March 22, the governor said;
“The Borno State governor, who is an APC governor, was once attacked. It is me today; it may be another person tomorrow.
What we need is that all of us should join hands together to stop this because our country is sitting on a keg of gunpowder and we should avoid anything that can make it explode.
Even when this thing happened, there were patriotic Fulani men who called, so it is beyond partisan politics because any life lost can never be restored.
In 2020 when 73 people were killed, FUNAM claimed responsibility. When people were killed in June same year in Plateau, FUNAM came out and claimed responsibility and now they have claimed responsibility.
Two weeks ago, Miyetti Allah Kataore held a meeting in Yola and singled me out as the one creating problems for the Fulani race in Nigeria and I am not against anyone. Many of them live happily in Benue and are doing their legitimate business.”
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