Ebun Francis || The war of words between Benue state governor Samuel Ortom and the Inspector general of police(IGP), continued on Tuesday with the Benue state governor describing Idris as the mouthpiece of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore.
Ortom has, therefore, asked the IGP to resign his current position to have time for his ”new job”.
“It is the IGP that has failed to do the right thing that should be called a drowning man, it is the IGP that should resign, Ortom said during a radio programme in the state capital.
“I am not a drowning man; I am doing what I was elected to do. Over 99 percent of Benue people are with me, I’m acting their script, so nobody should try to intimidate me.
“The IGP should resign because he has failed woefully. He doesn’t have the capacity. There are many good police officers who can take over that job and perform creditably by turning around the security architecture of this country and make things work and protect lives and property. That man has no business being the IGP.”
He also urged the people of his state to “defend themselves lawfully” if the police cannot guarantee the security of their lives and properties.
“Those people are not members of our Livestock Guard. It is just a planned thing,” he said.
“Fulani militia have come out in video to display the kind of weapons that they have and everyone has seen it; that is also not enough for the IGP to arrest these people.
“But he chose to declare that we have militia in Benue state. If we have militia in the state, will the herdsmen come and kill our people the way they did and are currently doing?
“It is because we are law-abiding. I think the people should have the right to defend themselves and not make themselves easy prey to be killed in their homes.