Ortom Did Not Shut Out Fulani From Benue (Opinion)
By Nathaniel Ikyur They could not even wait for Ortom to leave office before unleashing chaos. Moments after the governor-elect of Benue was led by his godfather, Senator George Akume to visit President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja a few days ago, Fulani Herdsmen re-launched a viciously orchestrated attack on the village of Umogidi a sleepy rural town in the Enetekpa Adoka district of Otukpo Local Government Area. By the time villagers and security forces took a head count, more than 50 mourners, including the son of the chairman of the Otukpo Local Government Council and a police officer, were allegedly murdered in cold blood by the assailants, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen who have continued to lay siege on communities across the state. This is according to unrefuted accounts by community leaders and media reports. According to the eyewitnesses, many people are still missing or may not be unaccounted for. The attack followed a previous attack on the same community that resulted in the deaths of three people whose bodies had just been buried when the …
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