Gov Ortom tells Buhari “Miyetti Allah planning to eliminate me”

Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom, has claimed the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) are planning to eliminate him.

Ortom on Tuesday claimed he was the target of the leadership of MACBAN.

The Governor stated this after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House.

Governor Ortom disclosed that his lawyers would petition MACBAN’s leadership.

“My lawyer is going to make a petition against the leadership of MACBAN because they came out to target me and behind the scene, they are planning to eliminate me in my own land.

“If I can’t go to the farm as governor with entire security around me then who else can go to the farm? You can imagine the pains that we have here in Benue State,” Ortom stated

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen had last Saturday attacked Governor Ortom at Tyo Mu along Makurdi/Gboko road.

The governor, who was attacked while on his farm, however, escaped following intervention by his security operatives.

The Fulani Nationality Movement, FUNAM, had claimed responsibility for the attack.