President Buhari Condemns Attack On Ortom, Says Incident Should Not Be Politicised

 

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday described the attack on Benue State Governor as unacceptable, warning, however, that the incident should not be politicised.

Buhari who said an attack on any Nigerian is an attack on all Nigerians, welcomed the deployment of a high-level team of crack investigators to the state from the Police headquarters in Abuja, calling on the officers to fish out the perpetrators of the attack and bring them to justice.

“In expressing his sympathies, and that of the government of the federation to Governor Ortom and all Benue indigenes, President Buhari said the unfortunate incident must not be politicized, reiterating that an attack on one Nigerian is an attack on all Nigerians,” a statement from a presidential aide, Garba Shehu, added.

The Nigerian leader, consequently, directed the Police to undertake an intensive research into the incident concerning the governor and into all such incidents affecting individuals and communities in the country.

“Let there be open and transparent research and whoever is linked to it have to be stuck and be made to stand the law,” Buhari brought.

Ortom Attacked

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen had over the weekend attacked Ortom at Tyo Mu along Makurdi/Gboko street in Makurdi Local Government Area of the nation.

Briefing reporters, Ortom, who defined the gunmen as ‘herdsmen’, said approximately 15 of the attackers trailed him to the river financial institution where he became taking walks.

The Governor praised his security info that were pretty much six in variety for responding speedy to the assault and repelled them directly earlier than providing cover for him to return to safety and his automobile.

"My legal professional goes to make a petition towards the leadership of MACBAN because they came out to goal me and behind the scene, they are making plans to do away with me on my own land,” he stated.

“If I can’t visit the farm as governor with entire safety around me then who else can visit the farm? You can believe the trials that we have right here in Benue State.

“I appreciate the security employees attached to me they had been able to repel them and that they couldn't have access to me,” Ortom said.