Attack On Ortom: Citizens May Resort To Self-Help — David Mark
FORMER president of the Senate, David Mark, on Sunday, led the voice of condemnations, anger and outrage that continued to greet the attack on the convoy of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State at the weekend. #SYMFONICLIPS
Mark, in a statement signed by his media aide, Paul Mumeh, described the security situation under the Muhammadu Buhari administration as scandalous, as he cautioned that if not addressed, Nigerians might resort to self-help to secure themselves and their immediate environment.
He said: “If a state governor can be so brazenly attacked, what would they not do to the ordinary citizens. “Let me state clearly that Benue people are receptive and accommodating. But this should not be misconstrued or mistaken for weakness. Enough of this malady.
“If our government and security operatives can no longer guarantee people's safety in their homes, farms or places of business, I am worried that the situation may compel citizens to resort to self-help and the consequences would be catastrophic.
“Therefore, the Federal Government and all security agencies must of a necessity come to terms with the painful reality of the unabating insecurity in the land and resolve to end it.”
Suspected herdsmen on Saturday afternoon attacked the convoy of the Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom. The incident happened at Tyo Mu along Makurdi/Gboko road. #SYMFONICLIPS
The governor was returning from his farm to Makurdi, the state capital when the suspected herdsmen opened fire on his convoy. They were repelled by the security men attached to the Governor.
PDP Condemns Attempt On Gov. Ortom’s Life
…Demands Arrest, Prosecution of Assailants
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vehemently condemns Saturday’s reckless attack and an assassination attempt on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State by suspected bandits, reported to be killer herdsmen. The party calls on President Muhammadu Buhari to put machinery in motion by ordering an immediate manhunt, arrest and prosecution of the assailants and beef up security around the governor.
FG WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF GOV. ORTOM IS ASSASSINATED... WIKE
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has warned that the Federal Government will be held responsible if the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom is assassinated.
He warns that if the Benue State governor is killed, the country could be plunged into another civil war.
Reacting to an attempt on the Benue State Governor’s life by gunmen who trailed him to a riverbank in Tyo Mu along the Makurdi/Gboko road in Makurdi Local Government Area of the State Governor Wike says the Federal Government should be prepared to bury Nigeria If anything happens to Governor Ortom, the Federal Government will be held responsible and they should be prepared that there will be no more Nigeria.
The Rivers State Governor also recalls how the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Major General Jamil Sarham, and All Progressives Congress chieftains had concluded plan to assassinate him during the 2019 general election.
He describes as disturbing the growing trend where the lives of incumbent governors are brazenly threatened.
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