Tag: Ortom
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Benue killings: Ortom appear before lawmakers, says menace will end soon
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has expressed optimism that the renewed commitment shown by the Federal Government concerning the killings in the State will end the bloodbath in the State. Speaking Thursday when he appeared before the State Lawmakers who summoned him to throw light on measures taking by the State Security Council to…
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Only five of 23 LGAs in Benue free from attacks by herdsmen — Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue, said on Monday that only five of the 23 Local Government Areas of the state were free from attacks by herdsmen. Ortom stated this during his first official interaction with newsmen since he returned from his vacation from the People’s Republic of China two days ago. He regretted the continued…
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Army arrest Ortom’s aide for alleged involvement in Benue killings
…We’ll allow the law take its course – Benue Government The Nigerian Army on Friday arrested the head of Benue Livestock Guards, Alhaji Aliyu Teshaku for allegedly masterminding recent killings in Benue State. Teshaku was arrested on Friday by the Army’s 707 Special Forces Brigade in Makurdi on suspicion of his involvement in some of…
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Benue killings: We’ve recovered 26 more bodies, say locals
There was a new twist to the killings in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State on Friday as some locals said farmers in Akaanya, Tse Gbum, Kpete and Ulam communities in the local government recovered 26 more bodies. They said the victims were killed by people in military uniform, who were allegedly looking for…
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Benue: I’m having sleepless nights – Ortom
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom lamented over the condition and welfare of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state, stating that it has become his cause of worry as he could no longer sleep with his eyes closed over the IDPs losing their homes due to the attacks by Fulani herdsmen. Governor Ortom…
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Gov. Ortom urges refugee commission to be proactive
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has advised the National Commission for Refugees, Migration and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to be swift in reacting to emergencies so as to ease the effect on victims. Ortom gave the advice on Friday in Makurdi, when a delegation of the commission, led by Mr Charles Nwanlo, Assistant Director,…
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Over one million cows have invaded Benue, Ortom raises alarm
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Monday raised fresh alarm of the invasion of over a million cows in Benue State; a sign of another possible attack. The governor said this when he led the senior pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Paul Enenche, and his wife, Becky, to the cemetery of the 73…
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Three herdsmen jailed for open grazing in Benue
Three herdsmen are to spend the next one year in jail after a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Friday found them guilty of violating the Benue State Anti-Open Grazing Law, 2017. Jailed are Iliya Garba, Hassan Abdullahi, and Lanshak Lonfalk who were all charged with criminal conspiracy and open nomadic livestock rearing and grazing. The offences…
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Benue massacre: Ortom appears before senate over herdsmen, farmers clashes
Governor Samuel Ortom is currently meeting with the Senate in the ongoing probe by the upper chamber of the National Assembly into the killings by herdsmen in Benue State. The governor is appearing before the joint Senate Committee on Police Affairs; and National Security and Intelligence, especially on his indictment by the Inspector General of…
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Herdsmen/farmers crisis: Stop meddling in our issues in Benue, Ortom warns Lalong
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has warned his counterpart in Plateau State, Governor Simon Lalong, to ‘mind his own business’ and not to interfere with the issue of Benue. Ortom said this to the representative of Lalong at the stakeholders’ meeting with the National Economic Council Technical Committee on Herdsmen/Farmers’ Crises Resolution. The stakeholders…