Nigeria’s House of Representatives has asked the Department of State Services and the Nigerian police to investigate the attacks on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue and the claims of responsibility and threat allegedly attributed to the Fulani National Movement.
The lawmakers called on Nigerians to be law-abiding and keep faith in the indivisibility, unity, and sovereignty of the nation.
The lawmakers are worried by the inflammatory statements attributed to one Umar Amir Shehu and the Fulani National Movement who declared publicly their intention to kill Governor Ortom.
While taking notes of the immediate deployment of federal criminal investigation department personnel to Benue state, they said the assassination attempt on Ortom is an invitation to anarchy.
Governor Ortom was on Saturday, March 20, attacked by armed men numbering over 15 with sophisticated weapons.
Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, also accepted the petition of the Tiv people from Benue State residents in the United States of America calling for the internally displaced persons from Benue, Taraba, and Nasarawa States to be relocated back to their ancestral homes.
Meanwhile, two bills seeking the establishment of the College of Education, Tudun Wada, Kano State, and Federal Medical Centre, Ankpa, Kogi State, scaled second reading.
The bills have been referred to the relevant committees for further legislative impute.
