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Banditry: Over 6000 Killed In Benue Since 2017- Ortom
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has disclosed that over 6,000 residents of the state have been killed by bandits since 2017.
Benue, among several states, has witnessed attacks by gunmen which have led to killings, abductions, and displacement.
The governor had serially accused the federal government of not doing enough to address banditry in the state.
In a television interview on Friday, Ortom claimed that the state has 2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs).
“When you have bandits all over the place, and nobody is making an effort to apprehend them, and they are killing people every day,” he said.
“Just three days ago, a DPO was killed, and some people were murdered. There is no week that I don’t lose 10 people. Since 2017, up to 6,000 people have been killed by bandits. I have over two million IDPs.”