Attack On Ortom: Don’t Push Citizens To Self-Help, David Mark Tells Security Operatives

Senator David Mark has urged security operatives to step up to
the challenge of securing lives and property to avoid the
consequences of a resort to self-help.

Senator Mark stated this while reacting to Saturday’s attack on
the convoy of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State.

Mark, in a statement by his media aide, Paul Mumeh, condemned
the attack and said the deteriorating security situation has made
Nigeria a subject of ridicule before other nations.

He said, “If a state governor can be so brazenly attacked, what
would they not do to the ordinary citizens?

“Let me state clearly that Benue people are receptive and
accommodating. But this should not be misconstrued or mistaken for
weakness. Enough of this malady.

“If our government and security operatives can no longer
guarantee peoples’ safety in their homes, farms or places of
business, I am worried that the situation may compel citizens to
resort to self help. That is the situation, we cannot contemplate
and must not be allowed to happen because the consequences would be
catastrophic.

“Therefore, federal government and all the security agencies
must of a necessity come to terms with the painful reality of the
unabating insecurity in the land and resolve to end it.”

Senator Mark, however, told Ortom not to be deterred by the
incident but should be spurred to beef up security.

He noted that the Governor has lived up to his oath of office to
wit; defend and protect the lives and property of Benue people
without compromise.

Senator David Mark has urged security operatives to step up to
the challenge of securing lives and property to avoid the
consequences of a resort to self-help.

Senator Mark stated this while reacting to Saturday’s attack on
the convoy of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State.

Mark, in a statement by his media aide, Paul Mumeh, condemned
the attack and said the deteriorating security situation has made
Nigeria a subject of ridicule before other nations.

He said, “If a state governor can be so brazenly attacked, what
would they not do to the ordinary citizens?

“Let me state clearly that Benue people are receptive and
accommodating. But this should not be misconstrued or mistaken for
weakness. Enough of this malady.

“If our government and security operatives can no longer
guarantee peoples’ safety in their homes, farms or places of
business, I am worried that the situation may compel citizens to
resort to self help. That is the situation, we cannot contemplate
and must not be allowed to happen because the consequences would be
catastrophic.

“Therefore, federal government and all the security agencies
must of a necessity come to terms with the painful reality of the
unabating insecurity in the land and resolve to end it.”

Senator Mark, however, told Ortom not to be deterred by the
incident but should be spurred to beef up security.

He noted that the Governor has lived up to his oath of office to
wit; defend and protect the lives and property of Benue people
without compromise.