Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has advised his Benue State counterpart Samuel Ortom to take decisive steps and stop blaming President Muhammadu Buhari for the killings in his domain.
Umahi urged Ortom to establish a security outfit similar to one the south-east governors formed known as Ebube Agu over the spate of killings in the state.
Umahi, who was in tears, stated this at the Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital 2, Abakaliki, on Tuesday, when he visited victims of Sunday killings, saying the perpetrators showed some form of satanism in the dastardly acts.
Reports say over 50 persons died.
But according to Umahi, Benue government exhibited the height of irresponsibility when it went on air on Tuesday and announced it didn’t know whether victims of the attacks were from Ebonyi or Benue states.
He said, “What I saw this afternoon is nothing but an act of wickedness and Satanism. I do not know for any reason why people should be raping two-year-old children, inflicting machete cuts on one-year-old little children, killing their mothers, killing their fathers. Is it for what reason?
“It is important that the people of Benue State form their own Ebube Agu to protect their own people instead of blaming Mr. President. Mr. President cannot be everywhere.”
