By Abubakar Yunusa, Abuja
Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has flayed Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom over comments against the fulani herdsmen.
The forum condemned the state of siege and insecurity under which Nigerians have lived in the last few years.
The Forum in a statement by its Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, on Wednesday, urged Ortom to live up to his oath and his commitment.
According to him, “Northern Elders Forum, like other Nigerians, watched the video in which Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom speaks in a manner and language totally unbecoming of a leader, at a time when standards of responsibility and decorum should be at their highest levels.
“Even while making allowances for the established patterns of rhetorics and practice of Governor Ortom on inter-communal relations, this latest outburst should be condemned in a most emphatic manner.”
It further demanded that killers of villagers in Benue State, and other citizens in other villages in many parts of the North must be traced and prosecuted.
The forum also noted that the context of a politicized environment does not excuse this latest demeaning outing of Governor Ortom.
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