Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to allow Nigerians bear arms if indeed he is serious with addressing the challenge of insecurity in the country.
Governor Ortom also said that he was convinced the President Buhari was not serious with solving the insecurity problems confronting the country at the moment.
Governor Ortom spoke with newsmen while visiting the IDPs camp, on Tuesday, after seven IDPs were allegedly killed by Fulani herdsmen.
According to the governor, “It is an unfortunate development that what is happening, if the Federal government had taken proactive steps, today we would not be where we are.
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“In the last two weeks, we have buried over 70 persons in this local government alone.
“This is an unfortunate development and this is not acceptable. The Federal government has refused to take proactive steps to arrest this ugly situation that we are witnessing.
“You will recall that I alerted the entire nation when Fulanis met in Yola and declared that except we repeal the prohibition of the Open-Grazing law, Benue will not know peace. I was targeted for assassination. That was done on me. It is only God that saved me.
“I did say they were going after my people and that the Federal government should arrest the leadership of Miyetti Allah that hosted that meeting.
“Up till today, nothing has been done. This is really unfortunate. It means we don’t have a government in place at the Federal level.
“We don’t have a government because if proactive steps were taken by arresting the Miyetti Allah leadership. This will not happen.
“For several years we have been calling on the Federal government to take proactive steps to address this matter, they have refused to.”
Governor Ortom added that President Buhari should allow Nigerians to carry arms to show he is indeed serious with tackling the insecurity in Nigeria.
