Benue State security outfit to be established– Ortom

To combat security challenges in Benue, Samuel Ortom, the state governor has said, a security outfit similar to that of the South-west regional security outfit, Amotekun would be established.

While speaking in an interview with journalists in Makurdi, Ortom lamented the security challenges in the state which he said ranged from internal crisis mostly associated with land dispute and herdsmen invasion which he described as an external challenge.

“The external aggression coming from the armed herdsmen has not stopped. They have adopted guerrilla warfare tactics. They come without cattle, kill, burn down houses and withdraw.

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“After that, they move to the next village to do the same thing. This has continued but we have discussed with our security personnel and we are moving and closing in on them.

There is a need for the state to provide a security outfit to compliment the conventional security agencies in the state, said the governor.

“The security situation in the state will require more personnel and equipment to be deployed and more funding. As I talk to you now, they cannot be everywhere and that is why I talked about being overstretched and being inadequate to take care of the magnitude of the problems that we have.

‘So, I think every other region is planning their security outfit. We are also going to meet very soon at our own regional level. But I can assure you that there will be a need for Benue State too to provide a security outfit that will complement what the conventional security personnel is doing.

“How can an entire local government area like Guma have less than 50 policemen? Even other LGAs in the state have less that number. So this is the challenge,” the governor concluded.