{"id":355358,"date":"2025-02-10T14:39:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T13:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=355358"},"modified":"2025-02-10T14:39:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T13:39:19","slug":"gov-alia-lied-no-peace-in-benue-herdsmen-still-killing-our-people-ortom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/02\/10\/gov-alia-lied-no-peace-in-benue-herdsmen-still-killing-our-people-ortom\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov Alia lied, no peace in Benue, herdsmen still killing our people \u2013 Ortom"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Ortom said Alia claims were replete with falsehood and asked that the governor apologised to the people of Benue for his lack of compassion and empathy towards them.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The immediate past Governor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/02\/10\/8-killed-in-benue-rival-cults-clash\/\">Benue State<\/a>, Samuel Ortom, has said that rampaging herdsmen are still wreaking havoc and killing people in the State.<\/p>\n<p>This is even as he accused his successor, Hyacinth Alia, of politicizing the insecurity ravaging the state.<\/p>\n<p>Alia, in a viral video, had stated that since assuming office, armed herders had stopped attacking and killing residents in the state.<\/p>\n<p>He made the statement while speaking at church program at NKST Church Ikpayongo.<\/p>\n<p>This claim, however, contrasts sharply with recent killings in the state capital, Makurdi.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Ortom said Alia claims were replete with falsehood and asked that the governor apologised to the people of Benue for his lack of compassion and empathy towards them.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by his spokesman, the former governor stated that Alia is insensitive particularly in light of the trauma endured by residents who have lost loved ones to violent attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe watched with utmost shock and sadness a video clip in which Governor Hyacinth Alia addressed a congregation at NKST Church Ikpayongo in Gwer East Local Government Area, claiming that since he assumed office, armed herders have stopped attacking and killing people in the state,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Governor also made several false accusations against his predecessor, Samuel Ortom, alleging that Ortom staged the 2021 assassination attempt on his life. Alia further stated that his tenure has brought peace across the state, unlike the previous administration when mass killings by herdsmen were a daily occurrence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we may not dignify the Governor\u2019s theatrics and obfuscations, it is deeply troubling that he made such remarks before a church congregation in Gwer East, one of the local government areas that have experienced some of the worst herdsmen attacks under his watch. The people of Gwer must have felt profound dismay hearing such words from their Governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortom\u2019s statement highlighted numerous mass burials conducted during Alia\u2019s administration, citing violent attacks across the state in Ukum, Logo, Katsina-Ala, Kwande, Gwer East, Gwer West, Guma, Makurdi, Agatu, and Otukpo, among other areas.<\/p>\n<p>The statement accused Alia\u2019s government of attempting to suppress the truth about the killings.<\/p>\n<p>Comparing his administration to Alia\u2019s, Ortom said, \u201cThe difference between my administration and Governor Alia\u2019s is that I stood against injustice and vigorously opposed the pastoralist agenda aimed at occupying Benue lands, while Alia seems to downplay the ongoing attacks on Benue communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite threats to my life and pressure from the then Federal Government, I remained resolute in advocating against open grazing and promoting ranching. This led to the enactment of the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law in Benue State, a law that has received widespread acclaim across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortom also criticized Alia for blaming Benue residents for the insecurity: \u201cI never lied to my people or the nation that all was well when it wasn\u2019t. I refused to suppress media reports about the heinous crimes committed by armed herders against Benue people. Instead, I confronted these challenges head-on and defended my people with dignity, equity, and justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOrtom was elected to stand for the living, not the dead. I chose to defend the people of Benue rather than appease their oppressors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ortom said Alia claims were replete with falsehood and asked that the governor apologised to the people of Benue for his lack of compassion and empathy towards them. 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