Buhari’s continued silence over killings by herders in Benue disheartening – Ortom

Buhari’s continued silence over killings by herders in Benue disheartening – Ortom


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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has expressed regrets over the continued silence of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over killings in Benue State by herders.

Ortom insisted that the Federal Government was protecting killer herders who have continued to perpetrate unprovoked killings in Benue State.

He disclosed this on Sunday in a chat with journalists shortly after he visited victims of herders’ attacks on the Abagena IDPs camp who are receiving treatment at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi.

“This has been my pain since 2015. I have cried out that the Federal Government is complicit concerning the issues of terrorism.

“One thing that pains me is that these people have never hidden their intentions, and they are known. I have written to DSS, I have written to the Police, and yet they are adamant. It is not possible that the killers are not known; they are known,” Ortom insisted.

According to the Governor, “the day that the Federal…

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