Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has described the Fulani herdsmen’s attacks on farmers as a national challenge that requires the cooperation of all Nigerians to surmount. Ortom made the statement in Makurdi yesterday when he received a delegation from the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), led by its Chairman, Senator John Shagaya, at the Benue Peoples House. Ortom prayed that other states might not experience a situation where over 73 people lost their lives to such attacks at the beginning of the year. According to him, several states, including Zamfara, Adamawa, Kaduna, Plateau, Ebonyi, Ogun, Abia and Niger have suffered attacks, indicating that the problem transcends individual states. Shagaya, while condemning the killings, commended Ortom for maintaining calm, law and order, despite the callous act carried out by people he described as enemies of the state and agents of disunity.

Source: The Guardian January 13, 2018 04:41 UTC