Gov Ortom Finally Visits Agatu After Weeks Of Attack By Fulani Hersdmen. Photos

After weeks of being attacked by Fulani Herdsmen, the people of Agatu community in Benue State were visited by governor Samuel Ortom, who has solicited assistance from the Federal Government, global agencies, organizations, and individuals to rehabilitate destroyed areas in Agatu and other parts of the state.

He also requested federal government's support to institute a commission of inquiry to examine the causes of the attacks, document the losses and recommend solutions.


Governor Ortom made the requests while speaking with journalists in Okoklo, Agatu local government area after the state executive and security councils inspected some communities destroyed by herdsmen during the recent attacks.


He described the magnitude of destruction as monumental and far beyond the financial capacity of the state to rehabilitate the affected communities. The Governor said he had visited some of the places attacked by insurgents in the North East but the magnitude of devastation in Agatu far exceeded those places.

Governor Ortom requested the Federal government and people of goodwill across the world to assist the Benue State government to enable ravaged communities to recover and get their lives together again.

According to him, farming and grazing were incompatible hence the imperative to establish ranches as a permanent solution to the incessant clashes between farmers and herders.


He announced that the state government would construct the road from Obagaji to Agagbe in Gwer West local government area while the road from Oshigbudu to Obagaji would be completed in order to enhance accessibility to the area.