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Updated: January 28, 2020

I Was Attacked By Herdsmen - Ortom

By Kindness Udoh
January 28, 2020
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Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, said that his farm in Markudi was invaded by armed Fulani herdsmen who shot at him and some of his livestock guards.

According to the governor, the situation was defused after he called the attention of the troops of the Operations Whirl Stroke. He made this assertion on a radio show on Radio Benue,

Ortom said that the Fulani herdsmen came armed with sophisticated weapons.

He said, "I was on my farm within Makurdi town last week when some herdsmen shot at me and shot the livestock guards who were on the farm.

"I have to inform the Operation Whirl Stroke before the herdsmen ran away.

"Many of these herdsmen carry AK47 and even AK49, you know that the latter is superior to the former and this is what some of the herdsmen are carrying.