Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has alleged that Fulani herdsmen plans to take over the State and turn the indigenes into slaves.
The governor while speaking with BBC Pidgin on Wednesday, in Markudi, said herders has a hidden agenda driving them to flood into the state.
He mentioned that the Tiv nation in 1804, fought and stopped the Fulani herdsmen from taking over the State, adding that they are not afraid of the herdsmen.
Governor Ortom,noted that before the enactment of the law prohibiting open grazing in Benue, the Fulani herders were sneaking into Benue State to take over the land and enslave the indigenes.
“They want to take over Benue and make us slaves. That is what they have been trying since the days of our forefathers.
“Our forefathers stopped them in 1804, they cannot take over our land.
“They are not coming to Benue to graze cattle, they are only using that as a way to gain access into the state.
“God opened my eyes to understand their intentions.
“I cannot be intimidated because no one can kill me, my life is in the hands of God Almighty because I know that I am doing the right thing” Ortom said.
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