From: Uche Nnorom, Makurdi
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has lamented over the gruesome murder of 23 persons in fresh attacks on two communities by the invading Fulani herdsmen on Monday night.
Consequently, the Governor has directed his people to rise up to defend themselves forthwith.
It should be noted that no fewer than 8 persons were killed on Monday night by Fulani herdsmen who invaded Mbadwem in Guma local government area and another 15 in Tiortyu in Tarka local government area of Benue state.
Scores of others were said to have been injured and are receiving treatment in unnamed hospital in the state.
An enraged Ortom said in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary Nathaniel Ikyur said, “it is becoming increasingly glaring everyday that my people are now an endangered specie and so, we can no longer wait for help from anywhere. My people will have to rise up to the occasion to defend themselves and their heritage against the Fulani army of occupation.”
He added: “We are law abiding citizens. We have cried for help against these invaders but nothing is forthcoming. We are left alone and it looks like it is a deliberate strategy. Now we have only one option; to defend ourselves or get extinct. This is a case for our survival.
“We have been accommodating to other people in our land but our hospitality is misconstrued as weakness. We are not a conquered people. We will never be. We are free born citizens of Nigeria”, the Governor declared.
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