Suspected Fulani herdsmen have about seven Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Abagana IDP camp in Makurdi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
The attack led to protests by the youths and some displaced persons blocked the Lafia/Makurdi highway and insisted that troops posted to keep the peace should leave the state, since they have not shown the capacity to do the job.
Governor Ortom later drove to the area to appease the youths before they could open the road nerves to traffic.
He said:”From what is happening, within the last two weeks we have lost more than 70 people within the Makurdi, Guma and Gwer-West LGAs alone in addition to what you are seeing here today.
“Many are in the hospital apart from the seven that died in the attack on the IDPs camp by these herdsmen militia.
“I want to say that we are being overstretched; our patience is being overstretched and our preaching on rule of law is being overstretched. You can see that the people are fed up. Mr. President must rise up.
“He is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the President of over 250 ethnic nationalities in Nigeria. They voted him, we all voted him.
“Mr. President, you took an oath of office to secure the lives and property of the people. This is unacceptable, this cannot continue. Mr. President cannot continue to be aloof. Mr. President must rise up to address the nation himself not his aides.
