The trading of words between the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, and his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, has continued to rage with Ortom suspecting Mohammed of being part of the dreaded terrorist groups attacking the country hence his open defence.
Ortom who stated this in Makurdi, the state capital, while addressing reporters, urged Mohammed to go back and rehearse the oath of office he took to defend his people against the said terrorists.
The grave insecurity concerns in parts of the country have continued to generate reaction and counter-reaction with prominent personalities at each other’s throats.
The latest being the Benue State Governor who was called out by his Bauchi State counterpart, Mohammed.
Ortom maintained that there is no place for kidnappers or armed herders in his State insisting that anyone who wants to go contrary to the laws of the land should relocate to Bauchi state.
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He was deeply concerned that hundreds of thousands of displaced children in the state are denied basic education.
Ortom urged the Bauchi State Governor to take a cue from his Kano and Kaduna counterparts as well as scholars of Fulani extraction who are totally against the activities of the said terrorist herdsmen.