AK-47 Comments: Ortom, Mohammed Reconcile, Embrace Each Other

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed and his Benue State
counterpart, Samuel Ortom have settled their differences over
comments made on AK-47 amid the security situation in the
country.

Mohammed had on February 12 said Fulani herders have no option
but to carry AK-47 for self-defence because they are being attacked
and killed by cattle rustlers.

He also condemned South West, South-East Governors, and also
Governor Ortom over the manner in which they are handling
farmer-herder clashes.

Governor Ortom had on February 22 responded to his Bauchi
counterpart of being a terrorist based on his utterances supporting
herdsmen from carrying AK-47 to defend themselves.

Ortom also accused Mohammed of being a part of those threatening
his life stressing that the Bauchi governor should be held
responsible if anything happens to him.

Following the altercation between the two governors, the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) under whose platform they were elected into
office, waded into their conflict.

Also, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and his Adamawa
counterpart, Ahmadu Fintiri, initiated reconciliation efforts.

The efforts seemed to have paid off on Tuesday with governors
Ortom and Mohammed embracing each other in Rivers State.

After a closed-door meeting at Wike’s private residence in Port
Harcourt, the governors insisted that their arguments over a
comment made by the Bauchi governor on the bearing of arms by
herders were for the good of the country, not to cause an ethnic
crisis.

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed and his Benue State
counterpart, Samuel Ortom have settled their differences over
comments made on AK-47 amid the security situation in the
country.

Mohammed had on February 12 said Fulani herders have no option
but to carry AK-47 for self-defence because they are being attacked
and killed by cattle rustlers.

He also condemned South West, South-East Governors, and also
Governor Ortom over the manner in which they are handling
farmer-herder clashes.

Governor Ortom had on February 22 responded to his Bauchi
counterpart of being a terrorist based on his utterances supporting
herdsmen from carrying AK-47 to defend themselves.

Ortom also accused Mohammed of being a part of those threatening
his life stressing that the Bauchi governor should be held
responsible if anything happens to him.

Following the altercation between the two governors, the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) under whose platform they were elected into
office, waded into their conflict.

Also, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and his Adamawa
counterpart, Ahmadu Fintiri, initiated reconciliation efforts.

The efforts seemed to have paid off on Tuesday with governors
Ortom and Mohammed embracing each other in Rivers State.

After a closed-door meeting at Wike’s private residence in Port
Harcourt, the governors insisted that their arguments over a
comment made by the Bauchi governor on the bearing of arms by
herders were for the good of the country, not to cause an ethnic
crisis.