Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has called on the Federal Government to prove that it is not complicit in the activities of the Fulani socio cultural group Miyetti Allah Katau Hore by arresting its members for incitement and breach of security in the country.
Governor Samuel made the call at the Government House Makurdi while receiving the 36th Commissioner of Police, Benue State Command, Tunji Akingbola.
Ortom, lamented the negative impact of cult related activities on the society and stressed that his administration would amend the law to make it extremely difficult to secure the release of any cultist.
He equally shared his thoughts regarding recent media attacks on state Governors by the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore arising from the enactment of ranching laws by various states across the country.
Governor Ortom advocated for increased funding to all security agencies by States and Federal Governments to be able to fight crime and banditry effectively, stressing that the current security agents and equipment were grossly inadequate.
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Earlier the commissioner of police Tunji Akingbola linked most of the criminal activities in the state to cultism, noting that the command through investigation, has recovered locally fabricated weapons from suspected cultists.
Akingbola, assured that the Police Command under his watch would work towards building and enforcing peace in Benue using effective communication and crime-fighting equipment such as digital fingerprint data base recorder among others.
(Editor: Abaje Usekwe)
