Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has pledged to stand by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State.
Kanu made the remark in reaction to Ortom’s comment that people of the State are ready to stop Fulani herdsmen.
Ortom had said the Tiv nation in 1804, fought and stopped the Fulani herdsmen from taking over the State.
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The Governor declared that the present generation of the Tiv nation are not afraid to follow the steps of their forefathers.
Reacting, Kanu in a tweet wrote: “Our forefathers stopped them in 1804, we are not afraid – Ortom
“Dear Gov. Ortom, The #IPOB that I lead stand with you. #Biafrans stand with you.
“I’m pretty certain that all that yearn for freedom in NIGERIA stand with you. Do not despair. We got your back. @GovSamuelOrtom.”
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Ortom recently escaped an assassination attempt while at his farm along Makurdi- Gboko road last Saturday.
The Governor had said the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore were planning to eliminate him.
However, Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the attack on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State’s convoy by a militia.
Recall that suspected militia herdsmen attacked Ortom in his farm at Tyo-mu, along Makurdi -Gboko road earlier on Saturday
Addressing journalists after the incident, Ortom had said the militia ambushed and opened fire on him and his security personnel on his farm.
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He decried that the attempt on his life happened a few days after the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore held a meeting in Yola and singled him out as a thorn in their flesh who must be eliminated.
The governor had pointed out that he received intelligence to that effect.
Reacting to the incident, Nnamdi Kanu in a tweet wrote: “Every day same #Fulani terrorists and their Fulani sponsors in Aso Rock terrorising the whole of #Nigeria.
“Instead of @USinNigeria to condemn such brazen act of criminality, they are busy configuring an elusive fake unity with the same #Fulani murderers. Failure of honest diplomacy.”
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