Insecurity: Declare A State Of Emergency – Ortom Tells FG

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has asked the Federal Government to declare a State of emergency in the nation state, as a result of the insecurity in the state, saying if this is not done, there may not be a country called Nigeria again, some day.
Samuel Ortom said this during a media briefing in Abuja on Thursday on the state of the nation and the adoption of ranching system by the Northern Governors Forum.“If a state of emergency is not declared on insecurity in this country, we may wake up one day and discover that we have no country”, Governor Samuel Ortom said at a point in his statement. Noting that almost all of the herdsmen stirring insecurity in the nation are not Nigerians and same was confirmed by the President, Samuel Ortom added that there needs to be a review of the ECOWAS protocol, which allows the herdsmen to come into the country without thorough
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“It is not right to allow just herdsmen to come in i nthe name of ECOWAS protocols. There are procedures to follow before you come into Nigeria  You must profile those people coming in including their cattle. We must review the ECOWAS protocol because it does not favour us for now.”

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