Protesters numbering over 500, Thursday, shutdown the capital city of Abuja, in protest of the protracted clashes between farmers and herdsmen, which have resulted to deaths of many Nigerians in Benue, Taraba States and others parts of the country.



The group, under the aegis of Good Governance and Transparency Initiative  is calling on the Nigerian government as well international community to urgently wade into the foot-dragging crises, which have rendered many citizens homeless and bereaved.


The protesters, who were seen displaying placards, bearing various inscriptions, called for the urgent probe of governors Samuel Ortom of Benue and Darius Ishaku of Taraba States over their involvement in the attacks.


  


Speaking on behalf of the group,  Mrs. Jaiyeola Mohammed, the Executive Director, said the attitudes of Ortom and Ishiaku speak volume, a clear case of hand of Esau but voice of Jacob.


Mohammed alleged that Ortom, especially has using the state's resources to cover up his mess by sponsoring protests abroad.


She voiced the stand of the group thus, "Our bigger worry, however, is the inaction that has continued to allow attention to focus on the wrong sources of the crisis. There is so much of playing the ostrich going on while the crisis festers. Our thoughts are that the problem in Benue state would have been contained to that geographical entity and promptly dealt with to save other states from suffering the fallout of a politically and ethnically motivated crisis.


" A killing related to the crisis in Benue has been reported in Ekiti while Taraba, Nasarawa, Plateau and even Kaduna are practically on edge because of what has happened in that state. 


"It is most unfortunate that instead of accepting reality and admitting what he did wrong to provoke the current crisis, Governor Ortom has rather engaged in looking at the cause of the problem in every other place except within himself. 


"This is despite the barrage of documentary evidence of him setting up militias and placing firearms in their arms to kill herdsmen. He is yet to explain what he stands to gain from the deaths of Benue people that he knew would definitely result from reprisals from the activities of his militias. 


"The Benue state governor has even taken things a step further by deploying N1 billion of his state's fund to finance protests in major cities of the world as we earlier alerted. Not even the shame of being discovered as manipulating events was enough to dissuade this governor from this folly. Our concern is how a state governor could spend so much of his state's resources on just eight ( protesters in the United States. We then wonder how much he has spent on the hundreds of militias he has organized and how much he has expended on their weapons. 



"Our group is interested in the peaceful resolution of the conflict between herdsmen and farmers, which is why we are staging this protest to demand a full investigation of the roles of the Governor of Benue State, Mr. Samuel Ortom and his Taraba state counterpart, Mr. Darius Dickson Ishiaku in sponsoring ethnic militias to wipe out people of Fulani origin.


" Only such investigation would reveal facts that will prevent a full descent into state sponsored ethnic cleansing that has repercussions for all ethnic nationalities in Nigeria. 


"The investigation should include terms of reference that will yield recommendations in pursuit of identifying militia members and recovering the weapons reportedly issued to them by these governors or their agents."

Source. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/herdsmen-group-storms-abuja-calls-for-immediate-probe-of-ortom-ishiaku/

Does anyone have the code to RESET a country to factory settings?

And the police did not arrest them?

owukpa:


The group, under the aegis of Good Governance and Transparency Initiative  

No be only aegis na pisses.

owukpa:


Mohammed alleged that Ortom, especially has using the state's resources to cover up his mess by sponsoring protests abroad.

Buhari's son used our 50million to buy bike we should talk about that

owukpa:

Mr. Samuel Ortom and his Taraba state counterpart, Mr. Darius Dickson Ishiaku in sponsoring ethnic militias to wipe out people of Fulani origin.

There is nothing wrong with that madam. Kill me I Kill you God no go vex.

Another group of fucktards.

They were busy castigating orthom but didn't bother to reel out the litany of herdsmen bestialities in benue and other parts of the country.

It looks to me like a sponsored group by buhari.

Who are these useless people

Heavenly Thunder tear your mouth apart

The only country where terrorist carry out public protest while the government and security agents protect them and look the other way. This regime would make a hollywood block buster movie and win an Oscar award if any filmmaker can produce it.

Don4eva:
Does anyone have the code to RESET a country to factory settings?

north Korea president have the code.

Its only in my country that a group of people called CRIMINALS are not arrested and prosecuted in the court of law,but a reward for cattle colonies is bestowed on them for their activities.

ckmayoca:


north Korea president have the code.

Correct guy. Please help me with his number, let's end this mess once and for all

Don4eva:


Correct guy. Please help me with his number, let's end this mess once and for all

wait let me pick up my visa and get my ticket paid for.

The biggest shithole country in the world.

It's looking lively now, I laugh in Inuit

If only we can go our seperate ways. These people can really get on one's nerve!

ckmayoca:


wait let me pick up my visa and get my ticket paid for.

Fear Fear , don't worry I'll ask him to concentrate on the north, since Bubu asked world bank to concentrate on the north, Mr Jim will likely concentrate there

zagalee:
This country don tire me

Bros leave the country for us, just go back to your village

Nate23:
They were busy castigating orthom but didn't bother to reel out the litany of herdsmen bestialities in benue and other parts of the country.

It looks to me like a sponsored group by buhari.

Exactly my thoughts

Them no born Buhari well make him try nonsense for Taraba and Benue States

Seriously I am boiling here, Arrest these animals now !!!!

I don't blame dem but buhari.

they are mad terrorists with privilage that's what they are can you imagine this rubbish so because the government decided to ban open grazing they now think they have the right to kill innocent people anyhow and then get a pet on the back for it... OK also I blame Buhari for this

What is this now. Can't someone just put fire and consume this parasites that griep this nation

I will book my flight from Turkey to Nigeria in 2019 just to vote Buhari and return back to Turkey with the next available flight

pdp and their plans sha....tonyebarcanista,warn ur ppl

Buhari is a terrorist

Trump was right! these people does love their cows and huts more than human.

were are the snakes and python Dancing nigerian soldiers

May the spirits of the over 78ppl killed in Benue fall on all of you.