Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has described as barbaric and horrendous, last Sunday’s gruesome murder of farmers in Igama community Edumoga, Okpokwu Local Government Area, LGA, of the state by suspected armed herdsmen, warning that the people of the state may resort to self-help if the authorities refused to protect them.
Recall that suspected armed herders had invaded Edumoga community Sunday morning while the victims were preparing for church service, leaving no fewer than 15 persons dead while all the houses in the community were set ablaze.
Reacting yesterday in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur, Governor Ortom who condemned the dastardly act, described the murderers as “cowards and criminals who must be fished out and prosecuted without delay.”
