Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom says his people are being pushed too far by herdsmen who attacked residents of Agwabi village in Binev Council Ward of Buruku local government area of the state last Friday May 13th. In an interview with newsmen in Makurdi, the state capital today May 16th, Ortom said


“I didn’t become Governor to preside over dead bodies. No day passes without the blood of the innocent spilled by rampaging gunmen! Our people are being pushed too far by herdsmen! The old and the young have been slaughtered, children separated from their parents and many people chased out of their homes to sleep in the bush without food to eat. This is genocide and I call on all Nigerians to condemn the invasion, killings, destruction and occupation of Benue communities by herdsmen
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“I didn’t become Governor to preside over dead bodies. No day passes without the blood of the innocent spilled by rampaging gunmen! Our people are being pushed too far by herdsmen! The old and the young have been slaughtered, children separated from their parents and many people chased out of their homes to sleep in the bush without food to eat. This is genocide and I call on all Nigerians to condemn the invasion, killings, destruction and occupation of Benue communities by herdsmen

now this is pathetic!!! But appealing to the emotions to these animals is pointless.The entire MB should come together as one and form a strong militia to save the zone from extinction

Sorry governor, Samuel Ortom, what are you doing with your security vote ?


The president already mentioned that he is helpless as the killers of your people are not from this country, they are from Libya.

So, stop crying foul, no help is in sight for your state. If the C-I-C is clueless, will you keep quit and fold your alms ? OYO

These herdsmen are going to push the country to the brink

what is happening in Benue is plain genocide!!! Buhari would rater allow people to die.He is more interested in the oil in the niger-delta

Keep on running to FG for help instead of devising a means of self defense..you think that Dullard doesn't know what is going on.

You better create a local vigilante to provide local security before benue state is complete annihilated from nigeria's map

i still can't fathom why odoriferous fulani herdsmen who seldomly bath.. Who keep maiming people on their lands..

Benue people arise and fight!!

I heard ebonyi state is on the course of creating grazing routes for them..umahi should better not try it..or i will personally cut out ebonyi from the south east with scissors and add them with middle belt on the nigerian map!

To think the state was attacked again today after this outburst!! Seriously are they no young men in Benue state!! This genocide is becoming too much

omenka, tell your buhari to call Libya to order.

Is Benue state the land earmarked for fulani grazing reserve?

Tell Buhari to use sambisa as grazing reserve, I hear it is bigger than Lagos.