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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and his Nasarawa counterpart, Tanko Al-makura, on Tuesday, traded words over recent killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
Ortom fired the first salvo when he accused Nasarawa State of providing a launchpad for the January 1 attack that sent no fewer than 70 people to their untimely grave. He claimed that the Fulani herdsmen that carried out the massacre stormed the six communities of Guma and Logo local government areas from a camp in Tunga, Awe Local Government Area in the neighbouring Nasarawa State.
Ortom who made the disclosure at the Presidential Villa, Abuja shortly after he met behind closed doors for two hours with President Muhammadu Buhari has consistently accused members of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, who have have opposed the anti-open grazing law recently signed into law in Benue of masterminding the massacre.
But in a swift reaction, Al-makura described Ortom’s allegation as unfortunate and inflammatory. He said the attack was instigated by Ortom’s anti-grazing law.
He said contrary to the claim, the Tungua place was not a militia camp, but a shelter for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Benue extraction.
Al-makura said notwithstanding the “unfortunate remarks” by Ortom, his state will continue to render help to the internally displaced persons.
Ortom fired the first salvo when he accused Nasarawa State of providing a launchpad for the January 1 attack that sent no fewer than 70 people to their untimely grave. He claimed that the Fulani herdsmen that carried out the massacre stormed the six communities of Guma and Logo local government areas from a camp in Tunga, Awe Local Government Area in the neighbouring Nasarawa State.
Ortom who made the disclosure at the Presidential Villa, Abuja shortly after he met behind closed doors for two hours with President Muhammadu Buhari has consistently accused members of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, who have have opposed the anti-open grazing law recently signed into law in Benue of masterminding the massacre.
But in a swift reaction, Al-makura described Ortom’s allegation as unfortunate and inflammatory. He said the attack was instigated by Ortom’s anti-grazing law.
He said contrary to the claim, the Tungua place was not a militia camp, but a shelter for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Benue extraction.
Al-makura said notwithstanding the “unfortunate remarks” by Ortom, his state will continue to render help to the internally displaced persons.
