By Dennis Mernyi
Over 1,700 Benue state citizens have been killed in Benue State since the state of insecurity under the Buhari administration deteriorated, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has stated.
Out of the number, he disclosed over one killed hundred were security operatives serving in the State who have often engaged the rampaging herdsmen in the state.
Governor Ortom said about 1.5 million persons are still in Internally Displaced Person’s IDP’s camps across the state with no hope of returning to their ancestral homes soon.
He said as a patriotic Nigerian, he has the responsibility to speak out against any threat to the country’s sovereignty, insisting that those keeping silent in the face of evil perpetrated by bandits and kidnappers were worse than the actual perpetrators.
The has again accused the Federal Government of not doing enough to end insecurity in the country.
The governor who spoke to journalists within Abuja said Nigerians are under siege and if urgent steps are not taken, terrorists would overrun the country in no distant time.
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The governor stated that the APC government did not only fail Nigerians but has also appeared helpless in the fight against insecurity and shown that it has no capacity to fix the economy, agriculture, and education.
Calling on Nigerians to join hands with the rebranded PDP and collectively address the yearnings of the people, the governor particularly, admonished journalists not to toe the path of sycophancy but always be on the side of truth and justice in order to add value to the country for posterity.
He alleged that a cabal has prevented him from meeting the president over the issue of insecurity which was why he has sought alternative ways to present his position to Nigerians on the security situation.
