•IG to reorganise police to check promoters of separatist agenda
Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Olawale Ajimotokan and Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
But for the various interventions of the 36 state governments, the security crisis currently bedeviling Nigeria would have worsened, governors have said.
The governors, rising from a meeting, which began late Wednesday in Abuja, and ended in the wee hours of yesterday, expressed concerns about the growing insecurity in the country.
Also, the Acting Inspector General of Police (IG), Usman Baba, has promised to reorganise the police to check those promoting separatist agenda.
However, Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, urged the federal government to enforce the ban on open grazing, one of the major factors for the pervasive farmer-herders clashes, and immediately implement the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) in line with the recommendation of the National Economic Council.
Govs have a role to play, says Ndume
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, and Senate Committee chairman on the army, Ali Ndume, yesterday, clashed over the worsening insecurity in the country. x
Ortom said the security of life and property in the country “is no longer guaranteed under the present government,” but Ndume replied that “state governors also have roles to play” in securing their domains.
Speaking in Abuja at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Week, the duo, however, agreed that the country was in dire need of competent leadership to tackle insecurity.
Ndume, who identified inequality and injustice as the root of insecurity in Nigeria, maintained that there was a total failure of leadership from top to the bottom.
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Ortom disclosed that the captives are being indoctrinated with militant fundamentalism by the terrorist group.
The governor pointed out that over 30, 000 Nigerians have been killed and 3 million displaced by the terror group.
He made the claim yesterday in Makurdi during a virtual presentation as guest lecturer at the 2021 Press Week/Lecture organized by the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Correspondents’ Chapel, FCT Council.
Ortom said: “The terror franchise is responsible for killings, rape, public executions, bombings of public and private property, and places of worship, robbery and mass abductions. These include the abductions of the Chibok girls (2012); Damasak school children (2015) and the Dapchi girls (2018) including Leah Sharibu who is still in custody.
Says 30,000 Nigerians killed by sect, three million displaced
By Peter Duru – Makurdi
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State Thursday disclosed that over 10,000 Nigerian boys and girls are still being held by Boko Haram and indoctrinated with militant fundamentalism.
He stated that the terror group had also killed over 30,000 Nigerians and displaced more than three million others.
The Governor who made this known in Makurdi during a virtual presentation as guest lecturer at the 2021 Press Week/Lecture organized by Nigeria Union of Journalists, Correspondents Chapel FCT Council, with the theme: Insecurity in Nigeria: Restoring Peace, Unity and Progress.
The Governor stated that Boko Haram had been largely responsible for the insecurity in the North East geo-political zone for about a decade.
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