{"id":37608,"date":"2021-02-22T20:43:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T20:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=37608"},"modified":"2021-02-22T17:52:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T17:52:36","slug":"benue-people-against-terrorists-killer-herdsmen-not-any-tribe-gov-ortom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-people-against-terrorists-killer-herdsmen-not-any-tribe-gov-ortom","title":{"rendered":"Benue people against terrorists, killer herdsmen, not any tribe \u2013 Gov Ortom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State says indigenes of his state were fighting against terrorists, killer herdsmen as well as criminality and not against any Fulani as some Nigerians believe.<\/p>\n

Ortom made the clarification on Monday in Makurdi, while briefing journalists on the state of insecurity in Benue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not against any tribe, especially the Fulani people, but rather against terrorists, killer herdsmen, bandits, kidnappers and all types of criminals within the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are actively supporting our security agencies to ensure that all remaining pockets of banditry, kidnappings among others, are mitigated,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The governor said for any democracy to thrive, there must be enabling laws to support the same, adding that his administration had in that regard domesticated and enacted more than 20 laws since 2015.<\/p>\n

He, however, commended President Mohammadu Buhari for deploying security personnel to handle the state\u2019s security challenges, noting that because of that, Benue was enjoying relative peace at the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State says indigenes of his state were fighting against terrorists, killer herdsmen as well as criminality and not against any Fulani as some Nigerians believe. Ortom made the clarification on Monday in Makurdi, while briefing journalists on the state of insecurity in Benue. \u201cWe are not against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":37607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,331,2465,254,379],"class_list":["post-37608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-benue","tag-herdsmen","tag-nigeria","tag-ortom"],"yoast_head":"\nBenue people against terrorists, killer herdsmen, not any tribe \u2013 Gov Ortom - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State says indigenes of his state were fighting against terrorists, killer herdsmen as we ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-people-against-terrorists-killer-herdsmen-not-any-tribe-gov-ortom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Benue people against terrorists, killer herdsmen, not any tribe \u2013 Gov Ortom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State says indigenes of his state were fighting against terrorists, killer herdsmen as we ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-people-against-terrorists-killer-herdsmen-not-any-tribe-gov-ortom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-22T20:43:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/img-6033ef46f1f88.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-people-against-terrorists-killer-herdsmen-not-any-tribe-gov-ortom#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-people-against-terrorists-killer-herdsmen-not-any-tribe-gov-ortom\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Benue people against terrorists, killer herdsmen, not any tribe \u2013 Gov Ortom\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-22T20:43:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-people-against-terrorists-killer-herdsmen-not-any-tribe-gov-ortom\"},\"wordCount\":172,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-people-against-terrorists-killer-herdsmen-not-any-tribe-gov-ortom#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/img-6033ef46f1f88.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Benue\",\"Herdsmen\",\"Nigeria\",\"Ortom\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-people-against-terrorists-killer-herdsmen-not-any-tribe-gov-ortom#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-people-against-terrorists-killer-herdsmen-not-any-tribe-gov-ortom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-people-against-terrorists-killer-herdsmen-not-any-tribe-gov-ortom\",\"name\":\"Benue people against terrorists, killer herdsmen, not any tribe \u2013 Gov Ortom - 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