Benue govt blasts IGP over comment on Ortom’s convoy attack
Governor Samuel Ortom

The Government of Benue State has expressed surprise at the remarks of the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba over the attack on Governor Samuel Ortom’s convoy by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

Spokesman to the Government Terver Akase maintained the IGP's remark seemed to have contradicted an earlier position of the Force after the attack.

The Inspector General of Police was quoted as saying that “investigations so far are contrary to the claims made by Governor Ortom”.

But in the statement made available to news men, Akase noted that the state government wants to believe that the Police chief was misquoted.

“This is because the investigative team the office of the IGP deployed to Benue after the assassination attempt on the Governor confirmed the identities of the attackers as armed Fulani herdsmen.

“It is therefore shocking that the IGP has come out with a contrary statement to that of his investigative team”, he said.

Akase recalled that less than 24 hours after the attempt on Ortom, the Fulani Nationality Movement (FUNAM) claimed responsibility.

The aide wondered why the Police IG was “still searching for the killers elsewhere without inviting members of the group for questioning”.

The state government urged the Police to go after the perpetrators and make them face the full weight of the law.

 
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