Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said the constant murderous attacks by Fulani herdsmen on communities in the state were not because of the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law enacted in the state. Ortom attributed the attacks to a hidden agenda by the assailants and a curious failure of the government at the centre to curtail them.
The governor made the assertions on Sunday while addressing the congregation at Saint Michael’s Catholic Church, Nyorgyungu, Makurdi, during the wedding of his immediate younger brother, Bernard Ortom, and his wife, Helen Tyokyegh.
According to Ortom, other states in the country that have no laws prohibiting open grazing are equally facing attacks and killings, in a clear confirmation of the aggressors’ annihilation, subjugation and conquest agenda.
The governor advised the people to arm themselves with the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) and actively participate in next year’s general election by voting for credible people with proven capacity to turn things around in the country. He charged Christians, particularly, the clergymen, not to relent in praying to God on the worsening security and other challenges confronting the state.
Ortom stated that no challenge was too big for God to solve permanently. He said as someone with the mandate of God and the people to govern the state, he had been doing his best to ensure that the people had comfortable lives.
While responding to an earlier appeal by the Priest in Charge of the church, Ortom directed the chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board, to construct a classroom block for the primary school owned by the church and promised to look into their other challenges.
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