The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has urged residents of the state to take up arms and defend themselves against invaders.
The governor made the call while speaking to journalists on Monday at Oyo State where he attended the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ meeting.
The governor urged people to stand against armed invaders in their communities, even if it meant taking up weapons.
He told his people to defend themselves because it's wrong for them to sit down in their houses and allow people to come from somewhere and kill them.
Ortom also expressed his anger concerning the fresh killings that were allegedly carried out by suspected armed herdsmen in the state.
To this effect, Ortom further stressed that people should stand against such criminality in the future.
