{"id":159871,"date":"2022-03-10T13:17:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T12:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=159871"},"modified":"2022-03-10T13:24:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T12:24:24","slug":"ortom-asks-benue-residents-to-confront-their-attackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/10\/ortom-asks-benue-residents-to-confront-their-attackers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ortom asks Benue residents to confront their attackers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has called on residents of the state to take up arms and defend themselves against attackers.<\/p>\n<p>The call was made by the governor while\u00a0reacting to the killing of villagers in Ahentse village, Ndzorov council ward, Guma LGA of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that gunmen\u00a0had, in the early hours of Tuesday, invaded the community, shooting sporadically and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/05\/nato-to-ukraine-were-sorry-about-russians-killing-your-people-we-cant-get-involved\/\">killing<\/a> four persons.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the incident, Ortom, in a statement by Nathaniel Ikyur, his chief press secretary, said it was no longer fashionable to cry for help.<\/p>\n<p>The governor asked residents to \u201carm themselves with lawful weapons as prescribed by law and defend themselves\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is no longer fashionable to continue to cry out for help. We must now be alert and ready to confront these killers. This is another way we can assist the security agencies in combating this menace since they are obviously overstretched beyond limits,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ortom called on the federal government to synergise with his administration and step up military operations to flush out armed herdsmen from neighbouring states bordering Benue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time the federal government steps up the military operations in states that share common boundaries with Benue state because these communities along the borders have become targets of the armed herders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time to end this unnecessary shedding of innocent blood. We can do it if we cooperate with each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation where killer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/09\/suspected-herdsmen-kill-seven-people-in-taraba-reprisal-attack\/\">herdsmen<\/a> take shelter with our neighbours, sneak in and kill our people without provocation will not be tolerated any longer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet the security agencies continue to cooperate with us in Benue to end this bloodletting. Let us\u00a0 dislodge these invaders from wherever they may be hiding for peace to return to our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has called on residents of the state to take up arms and defend themselves against attackers. The call was made by the governor while\u00a0reacting to the killing of villagers in Ahentse village, Ndzorov council ward, Guma LGA of the state. 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