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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by Shakingdbumbum: 9:50am On Jan 08, 2018
If they can attack don wani. What's holding them to stop herdsmen menace.
Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by nwanza1: 9:50am On Jan 08, 2018
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omenkaLives:
The presidency has abandoned us just as much as you have abandoned the state civil servants!
[/s]
yes admit it
Buhari the illiterate terrorist have abandoned you people
Stop supporting fulani herdsmen

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by CplusJason: 9:50am On Jan 08, 2018
[quote author=MrHistorian post=63997679][/quote] Lol
Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by nemynely(m): 9:50am On Jan 08, 2018
Ortom is a heartless, Lilly-livered stooge whose political survival is more important to him than the lives and properties of the people he was sworn in to protect. If he is serious about the situation of things in his state, he should place a call to MR "Loose Cannon" FAYOSE for tutorials ASAP!

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by magiki(m): 9:51am On Jan 08, 2018
Ortom , take laws into ur own hands. stop waiting, Buhari is unconscious that is why presidency/cabal is silent.









I drop my pen

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by Nobody: 9:51am On Jan 08, 2018
this man mumu no get part two..

you dey since the lick ass.. e dey sweet you..
agatu come.. your head dey deep in the ass..
na wheel barrow you use compensate..

election don reach..your people don the ginger..
you remember say the ass dey smell..

guy go sit down make we see road.. na just say your people get sentiment.. dem for don bury you alive..

Chief security Officer for mouth.. very loyal slave..

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by cetzak: 9:52am On Jan 08, 2018
The First Governor to declare support for PMB 2019 Ambition.Why are crying for help now?Your god has gone to sleep?

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by MrHistorian: 9:52am On Jan 08, 2018
CplusJason:
. . .Lol
cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy

Don't mind me.
Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by FTrebirth(m): 9:56am On Jan 08, 2018
do not blame the governor. you all know very well that the president would send his zombified soldiers to arrest and shoot at sight if benue people decide to take equal actions against the marauding fulani demons.

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by Nobody: 10:04am On Jan 08, 2018
stephanie11:
@POLITICSNGR

Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has cried out to the public over the recent killings in the state by Fulani Herdsmen, saying that the Presidency has 'abandoned' him.

Ortom pointed fingers at those around the president, saying that they were frustrating his efforts to present a true account of events to the president due to selfish reasons.

Speaking to Vanguard, Ortom further stated that he was losing control of things as the people of his state now take laws into their own hands. He said;

"Let me be frank. The Federal Government has not done enough. When this incidence started with the threat from the president and secretary of Miyetti Allah, Kauta Hore, who addressed a press conference and issued threats that they will do everything possible to frustrate the Benue State Government from implementing the anti-open grazing law, we quickly drew the attention of the Inspector General of Police, the Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, and even the office of the National Security Adviser.

The leadership of Miyetti Allah called the law names: that it was draconian and had no place in the 21st century. We saw that as a threat to our existence and in June 2016, we reported to the then acting president (Prof. Yemi Osinbajo) and to our surprise, these people were not apprehended.

When they saw that no one was going to apprehend them, they went further to issue more threats. In October 2016, we reminded the IGP, the DSS and the NSA of the potential violence that we faced in Benue State as a result of the threat from the Miyetti Allah. We, specifically, demanded that the two officers of the Miyetti Allah, the secretary and the president, be arrested, but unfortunately, they were not arrested. I do not know why the Federal Government has abandoned us. If they had acted that time, we would not have gotten to where we are today."

The stressed governor said that due to the continued killings of innocent Benue Indigenes by Fulani Herdsmen, the people have now decided to take laws into their hands.

"You can see that it is getting beyond me. Even when there was protest against the recent killings in Makurdi, and I went there, there was massive resistance. It became violent and it is even God that saved us. I would have been attacked.

When I came into office, there was proliferation of arms and ammunition in the state. I declared an amnesty programme that saw massive retrieval of arms from our youths. I pleaded with them that the way to develop is not by taking the laws into their hands but by obeying the laws. I have resisted the temptation to say that our people should protect themselves because I trusted the president.

I believed that he has the capacity to protect us. But from what is happening, I am sure some people around him are frustrating our communication with him and the actions to be taken. Otherwise, the president I know will not allow this kind of thing to be happening. We have not committed any offence.

We have no regret passing the anti-open grazing law. The law came as a necessity because of the killings in Benue State by the herdsmen. We sought peaceful ways of resolving the matter but we could not.

We tried everything under the sun to ensure that we stopped these killings but it was not possible so we prayed and God gave us the wisdom to enact that law, which gives protection to the farmers and the herdsmen.

“We have not sent cattle rearers away from Benue, we are simply saying there are modern ways of rearing cattle, which is to ranch them. With that, farmers can go their legitimate ways of doing their business and those who are rearing cattle can also continue. I am surprised at the resistance of the herders."

https://politicsngr.com/fulani-herdsmen-buhari-abandoned-us-benue-governor-ortom-cries/


Didn't they know wen they were shouting Sai baba 3 years ago.

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by Daviddson(m): 10:12am On Jan 08, 2018
omenkaLives:
The presidency has abandoned us just as much as you have abandoned the state civil servants!
Must you bring that to bear here? So you cannot freely criticise Buhari without throwing a subtle shade at your governor?

That Ortom showed he has guts by bringing up that anti-grazing law has alone shut the mouth of many people here on Nairaland and Benue people who used to insult him for not doing enough to push back those murderers.

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by 1shortblackboy: 10:13am On Jan 08, 2018
Esseite:
Why does every governor rush to exonorate the president from events and happenings except fayose and wike, he is the commander in chief... kai, Haba. As if it was not the president that appointed the service chief's and everybody around him.

This is a very dangerous precedent being set


Jonathan took all the blame exception of none. He is even taking for that of bornu state governor on chibok issue till date, if given the chance herdmen would be tagged on him. Even for that of bokoharam, fuel marketers, NNPC despite not being a minister, crude oil crash etc..

But Buhari is quick to be exonorated.. this Juju or eye service strong ooo..
seconded

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by link2ok22: 10:15am On Jan 08, 2018
omenkaLives:
The presidency has abandoned us just as much as you have abandoned the state civil servants!


That's all you can say " d presidency(not president)has abandoned us. You are a big hypocrite.

The blood of your people would b on your oval head

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by edibobo: 10:15am On Jan 08, 2018
ORTOM, choose who to serve.......either Buhari or your Benue people. You have sold your people to Fulanis and now you are shedding crocodile tears. You promised to support Buhari even in the grave, continue. NONESENSE

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by Oxalic(m): 10:16am On Jan 08, 2018
Now you are carrying out your mandate.
Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by Nobody: 10:17am On Jan 08, 2018
Waiting for the same people that are killing you to come and rescue you is self-delusion!

Benuue people must rise up and protect themselves.

Option 1: The governor should buy guns and distribute to people in affected areas for self-defense.

Option 2: Attack and kill all fulani herdesmen in benue state proactively, first, before they attack you.


Benue people should not let anyone cow them into believing that the maruading boko boys or haram herdsmen would stop the attacks. They will never stop, until they are stopped by force and there is no other way of stopping them other than killing them first.

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by Tonytonex(m): 10:19am On Jan 08, 2018
It is a shame to the benue youths. na only kerewa them sabi...

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by Apollo11(m): 10:21am On Jan 08, 2018
I thought Benue people got balls. Little did I know. They have so many ex military men, influential people in government yet they allow some futa jalons dirtbags to use them as target practice. Shame!

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by Realist2: 10:26am On Jan 08, 2018
Keep waiting for Buhari who is an ethnic bigot, and can never do anything to his own brethren herdsmen.
Buhari does not deserve to a President of complex Nation like Nigeria.

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by musa234(m): 10:28am On Jan 08, 2018
seunmsg:


There is already an anti open grazing law in Benue state similar to what Fayose enacted in Ekiti state. Implementing the law by the law enforcement agencies is however the problem. This is why state police is inevitable in Nigeria. Governors make laws for the peace and security of their States without having the means to enforce the laws. This are the kind of issues that the call for restructuring should address. In the interim, I will advice the governor to raise and arm a local militia group to meet force with force. Any Fulani herdsmen seen with arms or suspected to be part of the killing gang should be shot at sight.

The president must also stop his pretentious stand and address this issue of criminal herdsmen once and for all. The killings are too much and the presidents silence and inaction is no longer tolerable. The military should be deployed to the state to fish out the criminal herdsmen who are commuting genocide in Benue, Taraba, Kaduna and Adamawa state. Buhari should be bold enough to be the president of Nigeria and not the president of Fulani people alone.
Spot on sir
Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by freeze001(f): 10:30am On Jan 08, 2018
Hehehe supporters are angry! Dem no tell una for 2014 and 2015 say na so him yeye dey be? Pretentious stand kwa? U are practically insulting sai baba now and it's not good o! cheesy grin tongue


seunmsg:


There is already an anti open grazing law in Benue state similar to what Fayose enacted in Ekiti state. Implementing the law by the law enforcement agencies is however the problem. This is why state police is inevitable in Nigeria. Governors make laws for the peace and security of their States without having the means to enforce the laws. This are the kind of issues that the call for restructuring should address. In the interim, I will advice the governor to raise and arm a local militia group to meet force with force. Any Fulani herdsmen seen with arms or suspected to be part of the killing gang should be shot at sight.

The president must also stop his pretentious stand and address this issue of criminal herdsmen once and for all. The killings are too much and the presidents silence and inaction is no longer tolerable. The military should be deployed to the state to fish out the criminal herdsmen who are commuting genocide in Benue, Taraba, Kaduna and Adamawa state. Buhari should be bold enough to be the president of Nigeria and not the president of Fulani people alone.

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by bareal(m): 10:31am On Jan 08, 2018
seunmsg:


There is already an anti open grazing law in Benue state similar to what Fayose enacted in Ekiti state. Implementing the law by the law enforcement agencies is however the problem. This is why state police is inevitable in Nigeria. Governors make laws for the peace and security of their States without having the means to enforce the laws. This are the kind of issues that the call for restructuring should address. In the interim, I will advice the governor to raise and arm a local militia group to meet force with force. Any Fulani herdsmen seen with arms or suspected to be part of the killing gang should be shot at sight.

This is what he should learn from Fayose and forget about the president.
I believe Ortom knows what to do and when he's ready he'll find his way to Ekiti State for some schooling

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by freeze001(f): 10:31am On Jan 08, 2018
Esseite:
Why does every governor rush to exonorate the president from events and happenings except fayose and wike, he is the commander in chief... kai, Haba. As if it was not the president that appointed the service chief's and everybody around him.

This is a very dangerous precedent being set


Jonathan took all the blame exception of none. He is even taking for that of bornu state governor on chibok issue till date, if given the chance herdmen would be tagged on him. Even for that of bokoharam, fuel marketers, NNPC despite not being a minister, crude oil crash etc..

But Buhari is quick to be exonorated.. this Juju or eye service strong ooo..

Abominably strong! Like he's one saint..

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by Saaruman(m): 10:32am On Jan 08, 2018
When the foolish gov was busy doing gra gra as soon as he was sworn in, ordering benue people to submit their arms, consequently rendering them defenceless like sitting ducks never thought about fulani herdsman genocidal campaign before he began his idiotic policy right? Did he think a terrorist like buhari will protect his state from Jihadist fulani terrorist brothers with Zoo security completely northernized? Some of us that saw the hidden agenda behind this warn benue people to never submit their arms. Well for those foolish enough to submitted their arms to their useless govt, I hope you can see the fruits of your stupidity.

You just signed your dead warrant if your still calling on buhari for security.

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by Bede2u(m): 10:33am On Jan 08, 2018
author=MrHistorian post=63997679]
The governor doesnt have the right to do what u wrote there without permission from Nigeria police and NSA
Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by Nobody: 10:34am On Jan 08, 2018
No he hasn't......continue to wait angry angry angry angry angry angry

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by freeze001(f): 10:36am On Jan 08, 2018
omenkaLives:
The presidency has abandoned us just as much as you have abandoned the state civil servants!
Shatap! People are being murdered in cold blood with babies cut out of their mothers' wombs n smashed yet u wanna somehow equate that that to state civil service issues! Let me not just call u a stark, raving mad idiot!

Daviddson:
Must you bring that to bear here? So you cannot freely criticise Buhari without throwing a subtle shade at your governor?

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by bareal(m): 10:38am On Jan 08, 2018
Bede2u:
The governor doesnt have the right to do what u wrote there without permission from Nigeria police and NSA

But, Fayose has the right! And as much as I can remember, there has been no condemnation from any security agancy not even the presidency.

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by freeze001(f): 10:39am On Jan 08, 2018
link2ok22:



That's all you can say " d presidency(not president)has abandoned us. You are a big hypocrite.

The blood of your people would b on your oval head
oval? It's square please so it can carry d blood n curses very well.

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by sonoforogun(m): 10:40am On Jan 08, 2018
I tire for Buhari presidency. All these wicked and callous acts will come back to judge him and his cabal.

What is he there for, if he cannot carry out his primary responsibilities of governance?

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by darqly(m): 10:42am On Jan 08, 2018
we quickly drew the attention of the Inspector General of Police, the Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, and even the office of the National Security Adviser.


I hate to sound sectional but the appointments above are evidently PRO herdsmen agenda, seeing as they NEVER do anything proactive to forestall attacks.
Ortom is between a rock and a hard place and needs to take a stand NOW. The coward has tied himself to PMB's apron in a bid to secure "SAK" reelection, thus won't want to be perceived as challenging the president. On the other hand, Benue people have had it up to here, and will probably seek an alernative IF Ortom fails to act NOW. He needs to go the Ekiti way, equip and arm his Anti grazing patrol and face the herdsmen threat head-on. He has been elected not only to "Share" salaries, but to provide leadership and secure his citizens, qualities that most excellencies are bereft of.

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Re: Fulani Herdsmen: Presidency Has Abandoned Us - Benue Governor, Ortom Cries Out by highchief1: 10:43am On Jan 08, 2018
sabama007:
It's quite a shame that we all live in a society where sentiment is the norm of the government.

Buhari is a failure!!!
Buhari disgusts me!!!
A president with no interest in the welfarism of his citizens

Declare The herdsmen terrorist group now or else....

Fulanocrazy practitioner
delet this or I get u arrested

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