Samuel Ortom Talks Tough Against Extremist Groups

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom today declared that the North will no longer tolerate any extremist group which threatens the peace of the region.

Ortom made the declaration as he also assured the people of government’s continued protection from external attacks while addressing a group of protesters led by a civil rights organisation, Conference of Minority Tribes at the Benue Peoples House.

Ortom assured the protesters that the government was looking into the issue of attacks by herdsmen even as he informed of increased security presence in the affected areas.

Comrade Okpokwu Ogenyi who led the group in his speech accused the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) and Shiite Islamic sect of instigating the current wave of killings by Fulani herdsmen.

Okpokwu called on the presidency to look into the matter in the same manner the Shiite uprising in the north was handled, to halt all attempts to spread extremism to other parts of the country.