Herdsmen planning to kill me, says Governor Ortom

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has alleged that Fulani herdsmen had concluded plans to kill him along Makurdi/Laafia highway.

Speaking on Friday at an interactive session with stakeholders towards peaceful elections in 2019, the governor explained that he had received intelligence report about the plan to have him kidnapped and murdered.

Ortom said: “The armed herdsmen, according to the intelligence report, would ensure that all my security aides were killed, after which they would kidnap and torture me before killing me.

“Already, I had reported the matter to the Police and other security agencies and they are aware of this.

“Therefore, anytime my spirit doesn’t allow me to travel by road, I would call flight operators. But, just a few days ago, the Federal Government issued a circular directing that no flight should land in Makurdi Airport again.”

The governor also alleged that some Benue indigenes had connived with “forces in Abuja” to kill him.