Reps Ask DSS, Police To Investigate ‘Fulani Group’ Over Attack On Ortom

The house of representatives has asked the Department of State
Services (DSS) and the police to investigate a Fulani group over
attack on Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state.

The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance
moved by kpam Sokpo from Benue and 10 other lawmakers during the
plenary session on Tuesday.

Ortom had said gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked his
convoy on Saturday.

The incident was said to have occurred at Tyo Mu along
Makurdi-Gboko road while the governor was on a visit to his
farm.

Moving the motion, the lawmakers lamented the rise in violent
crimes and insecurity across the country.

They lawmakers cited newspaper reports, which identified one
Umar Amir Shehu and a group known as Fulani National Movement
(FUNAM), as claiming responsibility for the attack on the
governor.

According to the lawmakers, the group has publicly declared
“their unequivocal intention and mission to kill the governor, his
collaborators and whoever is against the Fulani long term as a case
of vengeance against an infidel”.

“Has used his time and resources and deployed same in destroying
the values and inheritance of the Fulani,” the lawmakers said.

The parliament members said “the assassination attempt on Ortom
of Benue state is an invitation to anarchy and glaring indication
that the nation is drifting into a state of full-scale
lawlessness”.

The motion was put to a voice vote and was unanimously adopted
by the lawmakers.

The house of representatives has asked the Department of State
Services (DSS) and the police to investigate a Fulani group over
attack on Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state.

The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance
moved by kpam Sokpo from Benue and 10 other lawmakers during the
plenary session on Tuesday.

Ortom had said gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked his
convoy on Saturday.

The incident was said to have occurred at Tyo Mu along
Makurdi-Gboko road while the governor was on a visit to his
farm.

Moving the motion, the lawmakers lamented the rise in violent
crimes and insecurity across the country.

They lawmakers cited newspaper reports, which identified one
Umar Amir Shehu and a group known as Fulani National Movement
(FUNAM), as claiming responsibility for the attack on the
governor.

According to the lawmakers, the group has publicly declared
“their unequivocal intention and mission to kill the governor, his
collaborators and whoever is against the Fulani long term as a case
of vengeance against an infidel”.

“Has used his time and resources and deployed same in destroying
the values and inheritance of the Fulani,” the lawmakers said.

The parliament members said “the assassination attempt on Ortom
of Benue state is an invitation to anarchy and glaring indication
that the nation is drifting into a state of full-scale
lawlessness”.

The motion was put to a voice vote and was unanimously adopted
by the lawmakers.