The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom on Tuesday, July 27, said that he would not give up any portion of Benue State to Fulani herdsmen. According to the Governor, he would rather die than surrender his land.
Samuel Ortom said this in Markudi, the State capital, while receiving in audience the Medecins Sans Frontieres, also known as Doctors without Borders.
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The Governor lamented the spate of insecurity in the country, especially in his State, Benue. He said that bandits and herdsmen have constantly attacked and raided several villages, and in the process rendered several people homeless.
He criticized the Buhari led administration for not dealing with the matter of security like he should from the onset.
He said, “Our people are dying, our women, mothers are being raped, our children can’t go to school, they are suffering.”
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“These criminals, they display themselves on social media, claiming they are here for an agenda to drive our people away and take over their land and also kill them.”
“And they are here courtesy of the Federal Government but for me, if they come, then I’m ready to die rather than to surrender my land to Fulani men. If God didn’t protect me, then I need no help from anybody.”
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