Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom has revealed why he didn’t take up arms against Fulani herdsmen killing his people.
Ortom was reacting to the charges brought against him at the International Criminal Court (ICC) by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN).
Speaking in an interview with The ICIR in Makurdi, Benue State, that Miyetti Allah got wind of his move to take them to ICC which made them to take their own action.
Speaking on series of attacks by herdsmen on agrarian communities in Benue State, Ortom said he would have taken up arms to fight if not for God and his respect for the rule of law.
He said, “If I were not a child of God, if I did not believe in being lawful, if I did not have respect for the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I would have taken arms myself to go there and fight. Because this impunity is too much, they (Fulani herdsmen) think that as their brother is there, nothing will happen to them, and they do anyhow and go scot-free.
“We have not done anything illegal, and it is me that is taking Miyetti Allah to ICC because they heard about my preparation to take them to court and other people who are complicit, and that was why they went ahead to make that pronouncement.”
He also alleged that Miyetti Allah has the backing of the Federal Government.
