Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State recently revealed that he would submit an application to President Muhammadu Buhari seeking the president’s approval for arms and ammunition licenses.
The governor stated this after unveiling the state’s security outfit against the onslaught of killer herdsmen, and in efforts to battle the raging insecurity in his home state, which has also become a recurring factor in most parts of the country. Bandits and terrorists have held sway, holding citizens to ransom, and causing people to live in fear.
Ortom is a strong critic of the President, and a leading crusader against the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) particularly due to the spate of killings and bloodletting across the country.
The cloud of insecurity has hung over Nigeria since Buhari was sworn in as President in 2015. He came to power on a campaign promise that he would end the problem. But with less that a year to the end of his eight-year tenure, the problem has gone from bad…
