By our Reporter
Samuel Ortom,Governor of Benue State has said though the state was under besieging of armed herdsmen, there was no use for anyone to cry or complain anymore except to stand up and fight, defend his or herself.
He added that the people of the state have had enough of the killings, and looting of communities stressing that even Israel, the chosen Nation of God would not allow her people to be killed in such a manner without defending them selves .
The Governor made the disclosure over the weekend while addressing the people during a funeral rite in honour of Mama Enenu Ebute, mother of Justice Mary Abounu, wife of the Benue State Deputy Governor, Mr. Benson Abounu at Adoka, Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.
In reacting to the surge in the spate of attacks and killings in some parts of the state by herdsmen militia, the displacement of farmers in the state and the danger it posed to food security in the country.
Bewail, the Governor pointed out that “already over 100 of villages in Benue State have been sacked and over one million of our people displaced by the marauding herdsmen which portends danger for our state which is the Food Basket of the Nation.
“At the moment we are facing a serious food crisis since our farmers can no longer go to the farms to cultivate their crops because they are being killed by these terrorists.
“We have had enough of this, we cannot continue to cry, and we must all defend ourselves. You cannot continue to sit in your homes and allow these people to come in and kill you”.
While calling on the people of the state to abandon partisanship and join hands with his government to save the state from the invaders, the Governor urged patriotic Nigerians to speak up against the ill tearing the country apart. He did not omit the fact that supports synergy with security agencies imperative in the fight against in security in the country.
