Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has commiserated with the government and people of Sokoto State, over the massacre of over 40 people, in Goronyo and Illela Local Government Areas of the state by bandits.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur, the governor recalled how in October this year, more than 40 people were gruesomely massacred at another market in Goronyo Local Government Area by the same bandits.
He said the boldness being exhibited by the terrorists from state to state across the country, is a clear indication that the nation is in grave danger, and stands the risk of losing out its territorial integrity to terrorists, whose sole agenda is to conquer Nigeria.
The governor lamented the atrocities of the terrorists who are going about invading communities unhindered, with unprovoked attacks, and said it is threatening the unity of Nigeria and weakening the faith of the citizens in government.
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He called on all patriotic Nigerians to join hands with the government and condemn the mindless acts against innocent Nigerians, who are already weighed down by the harsh economic policies of the APC-led Federal Government.
The governor appealed to security agencies not to be deterred by the challenges they are facing to protect the sovereignty of the nation but to go all out to uproot the terrorists from the shores of Nigeria.
Governor Ortom prayed that God will grant the deceased rest and the families, the fortitude to bear the loss.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
