Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has exposed media reports guaranteeing he denied that there were no much killings in the state taking after assaults on a few groups by suspected herders.
Such reports as indicated by him, were off base and don't reflect precisely what he said when he allowed a joint meeting with the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau in Abuja last Tuesday.
The Governor in a press articulation marked by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Terver Akase, said he was reacting to a particular inquiry which cited a before media report that put the figure of those executed in the emergency a week ago at more than 200.
As indicated by him, however the setback figure was not up to 200 in a solitary assault as reported, yet that 22 persons had been slaughtered amid ridiculous assaults in Ukum and Logo nearby government zones.
The Governor has additionally communicated misery and sensitivity for the individuals who lost friends and family, saying his organization is buckling down requesting a conclusion to the outlandish assaults on Benue individuals.
He expressed the ridiculous assaults have prompted the loss of numerous lives and uprooted a large number of individuals, expressing that criminal components were in charge of the waiting emergency.
As indicated by him, he had advised President Muhammadu Buhari furthermore met on various events with the Chief of Army Staff, the Minister of Interior, and in addition the Inspector-General of Police to locate an enduring answer for the security circumstance in the state.
In the mean time the Governor has consoled the general population of the state that he stays focused on the errand of guaranteeing that they were free from assaults of any sort as it is clear in the bolster his organization has been giving security offices to empower them play out their obligations.
He is idealistic that the 'Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Bill' started by his organization when gone by the State House of Assembly would help in completion the successive conflicts amongst herders and agriculturists in the state.
Source: Punch
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