Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has confirmed the attack on him by suspected militia herdsmen in his farm at Tyo-mu, along Makurdi – Gboko road earlier on Saturday.
Ortom while briefing journalists at the Benue Peoples House after the incident said he was inspecting his farm when the militia herders, who were dressed in black ambushed him and his security men and opened fire.
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He said it took the swift response of his security aides to repel the attack, while he ran a long distance to escape unhurt.
The governor speaking to journalists said, “You know today is Saturday and normally as a farmer, I usually go to my farm, so I went to my farm along Gboko road and on our way back, we started hearing some gunshots and we discovered people who were dressed in black and from experience, we now discovered that these are Fulani militias and I do not want to take things for granted because a few days ago the media were awash with a statement from MACBAN who met in Yola, the same place they met in 2016 where they decided that they will take Nigeria and that every other person is a slave. That was when they started infiltrating the entire country.”
He also added that his life is in the hands of God and no Fulani militia has the power to take it without God’s permission, noting that as many times as they try, they would continue to fail.
The Governor insisted he would send a petition to the President and security chiefs against Miyetti stressing that no intimidation could force his administration to reverse the decision of Benue people against open grazing.
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