Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom reacting to the presidency’s position on killings and all forms of crimes in the country which they said amounts to preaching genocide in the country does not make sense.
Ortom said no matter how the presidency tried to blackmail him, the citizens knows those promoting genocide in the country.
He said the Muhammadu Buhari led presidency was deliberately promoting genocide and nicknamed Fulani militia who have been killing people across the country as bandits in order to hide their identity
He added that it killings that made farmers unsafe that has created insecurity in the country.
Ortom, spoke in Gboko during the closing ceremony of prayer, praises and thanksgiving for God to address the challenges bedeviling the Tiv nation and Nigeria in general, noting that the six-day prayers will not be in vain
He prayed for Good to perform a remarkable thing in Tiv land, Benue and Nigeria as a whole.
The governor urged the presidency to reengineer Nigeria’s security architecture in order to stop the genocide and as well guarantee human and food security in Nigeria.
The first class Monarch, the Tor Tiv, Ochivirigh Professor James Ayatse whilw speaking warned that any of his subjects that partakes in the shedding of Tiv blood would not prosper.
The paramount ruler also prayed that under his kingship, God would raise a Tiv man to become the president of Nigeria.
The monarch, who expressed delight at the success of the event, urged churches in Tiv land to set aside a day monthly to pray, praise and thank God on behalf of the Tiv nation.
