Gov Ortom has asked his people to pick up guns and knives against killer herdsmen
The governor also said no weapon fashioned against him shall prosper.
Benue Governor Samuel Ortom (Punch)
Recommended articles
![Some of the grains for distribution to the poor and vulnerable in Enugu State [NAN]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'100'%20height%3D'100'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Some of the grains for distribution to the poor and vulnerable in Enugu State [NAN]")
Like most states in the north central and north western region of Nigeria, Benue has been battling a recurring farmers-herders crisis since Nigeria's return to civil rule.
The governor has gone on the record to lambast President Muhammadu Buhari who he says isn't doing enough to checkmate the herders, most of whom are of Fulani extraction.
Speaking at an interdenominational church service on Sunday, May 23, 2021 at the Chapel of Grace in Government House, Makurdi, Ortom said:
ADVERTISEMENT
“I’ll no longer announce the deaths of those killed by Fulani herdsmen. Rise up and defend yourselves with weapons not prohibited by law--bows and arrows, spears and knives.
President Muhammadu Buhari with Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, before the latter's defection (Presidency)
ece-auto-gen
"Get license for dane guns from local government Chairmen and use them to defend yourselves,” he charged.
Ortom once said he ran a couple of kilometers as herders tried to kill him.
He told the congregation that no weapon fashioned against him shall prosper.
ADVERTISEMENT
“God assured me some time back that as long as I lived within the circle of his presence, no weapon fashioned against me shall prosper,” he said.
Governor Ortom has been very critical of the governing APC since he abandoned the party for the opposition PDP in 2018.
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.ng
Recommended articles
Why our plane made emergency landing at Lagos airport, Air Peace clarifies
Over 75% of Katsina children are multidimensionally poor – UNICEF
PDP unveils 200-member campaign council for Ighodalo's guber election in Edo
Tinubu approves resumption of repair work on Third Mainland Bridge
Ondo Poll: Ganduje consoles Jimoh Ibrahim after crushing defeat in APC primary
FG to review recent price hike of DStv, GOtv packages amid public outcry
BREAKING: FG grants Air Peace right to commence Abuja-London flights - Keyamo
Deputy who dumped Akeredolu clinches PDP governorship ticket
Gov inaugurates 2nd phase of palliative distribution to poor Enugu residents
ADVERTISEMENT
