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Techfile: Gov Ortom Slams Buhari, Osinbajo, NSA, IGP; Says They Ignored Warnings Of Attack - latest news
GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State, yesterday,
told senators that prior to the crisis that engulfed the
state, which led to the killings by Fulani Herdsmen,
President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo, the National Security Adviser, Babagana
Monguno, and Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim
Idris, all ignored several warnings of the planned
attack on Logo and Guma communities in the state.
73 persons were left dead in the attack.
Making the shocking revelations yesterday, during a
meeting with the Senate Adhoc Committee on
Security Infrastructure, led by the Senate Majority
Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, Governor Ortom also
blamed security agencies for the continued killing of
inhabitants of the state by Fulani herdsmen since
2008.
President Buhari meets Governor Ortom of Benue
State.
The governor, while lamenting the brutal killing of his
people, told the senators that when he got the
information of the planned seige by Fulani herdsmen
on targeted communities in Benue State, said he
immediately wrote a letter to the Vice President,
Yemi Osinbajo, who was acting on behalf of
President Buhari, who was away for medical
treatment in London.
He told the senators that all attempts to get the Vice
President’s attention through the letter fell on deaf
ears, as he got no reply whatsoever from him, just as
he said thatPresident Buhari, upon returning to the
country, was also written to, severally, but no reply
was also received from the President on the matter.
According to him, additional efforts were made by
the Benue State Government to draw the attention of
the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, to
the threat which was contained in a separate letter
addressed to him, but still got no communication from
him.
In the words of Governor Ortom: “We wrote to the
Vice President on the planned attack on parts of
Benue by Fulani herdsmen, because the word was
everywhere on the street, but he refused to reply.
“And when there was no response, and when Mr.
President came back, I personally went and intimated
him, and also wrote. The documents are here, I will
hand them over to you. I wrote to him on the
planned attack by Fulani herdsmen because this
threats were on the streets.
“I intimated Mr. President and it was put into writing.
On the same October 7, 2017, I wrote to the
Inspector General of Police. I told him of a planned
attack on our people when there was no response.
October 27, 2017, I reminded him that these people
are planning to attack us, we are law abiding, we
have disarmed our youths, and we are looking unto
security agencies. And the way to do it is to arrest
those people who were inciting the herdsmen to
combat us, and we knew they were going to come.
“These people were all over the place; on television,
in papers, doing various press conferences, and they
eventually took us to court. But we felt that it is a
crime for anyone to incite people against us with the
purpose of killing or causing harm, destruction. So we
expected them (security agencies) to act, but there
was no action.”
“Of course I wrote to the Senate President for
information, and the Speaker. I also wrote on 7th of
October, when I was writing to the Acting President
and Inspector General of Police, to the National
Security Adviser on this planned attack against Benue
people. I also wrote to the Director General of the
Department of State Service (DSS). And when there
was no action, I followed it up with a reminder on
27th of October, 2017. So, that was it, and I also on
the 17th of October, I wrote to the President, I copied
the National Security Adviser. There was no response.
Of course, the National Security Adviser invited us for
a meeting two times but it was put off.”
“This is very sad. Those people who are responsible
for these killings, I know. I accuse them and I have
evidence against them. They are on newspaper
publications, they are on video, they are on audio,
and they are known.”
“If I had wanted to buy guns, I wouldn’t wait. But if I
bought guns and gave to those people, would my
people have been killed in the manner they were
killed? I disarmed the people. I’ve not bought a single
gun, I’m a Christian. If I bought, I would say yes.
On allegations by Plateau Governor, Solomon Lalong,
that he was warned against introducing the anti-
grazing law in Benue, the Benue governor said: “How
can you warn me? Am I the governor of Plateau
State, Or am I his staff? Do I work for him? I’m
Governor of Benue State, and my responsibility is to
do what my people want. That is what democracy is.
“So when you and castigate people about because
you were induced by someone, and you come out to
make those kind of statements, then it’s unfortunate.
“Remember, this is the same man, a double standard
person, who told me when I visited Jos three weeks
ago, he told me that he is under pressure by his
people to do the same law that I did in Benue State.
He told me this, he never warned me anywhere. He’s
just trying to use that to blackmail me, what crime
have I committed.”
Ortom continued: “Is this how we want to continue
as a country? Where some people are given privilege
to be lawless?”
Earlier, Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Security Infrastructure, Senator Lawan, who noted
that the intent behind the constitution of the panel
was to ensure a review of security infrastructure in
the country, said that the leadership of the upper
chamber felt “this was necessary due to the current
rise of insecurity in Nigeria”, adding that “the way our
security apparatus is arranged, citizens are not
properly and effectively protected.”
Blaming the spate of killings around the country on
security agencies, Senator Lawan said, “I think
something is amiss. It is either they have deficiencies
or they are not cooperating between themselves.
Members of the Senate Adhoc Committee on Security
Infrastructure who visited Benue state to investigate
the recent killings include: Senators Abu Ibrahim, Sam
Egwu, Abba Kyari, Barnabas Gemade, Biodun Olujimi,
Joshua Lidani, Emmanuel Paulker and Yahaya.
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