How Fulani herdsmen attacked Gov. Ortom’s village & killed 50 people

The Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, on Thursday, revealed that Fulani herdsmen attacked his hometown, killing more than 50 of his kinsmen and burning over 200 hectares of his rice farm.

The Governor stated this when he was paid a condolence visit by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum led by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state.

Ortom said: “the mercenaries invaded my village, killed over 50 persons and destroying over 200 hectares of my rice farm. As I am sitting here, I have no ancestral home, they killed children, old men and women in my community.

“The mercenaries come to Benue not just to graze but to steal, kill and destroy the livelihood of the agrarian people after which they take possession of the land knowing fully well that all we have here are our farms.

“The truth is that these attacks have brought a major setback to the people especially with our declining revenue from the federal allocation which was about N7 billion before i assumed office but this month stood at N1.3billion while our monthly wage bill stands at close to N4billion.”

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