Ortom disclosed this when a delegation of All Progressives Congress (APC) governors, led by Kashim Shettima of Borno State, paid him a condolence visit yesterday in Makurdi. Ortom maintained that with the threats constantly issued by the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, his people were living in fear, hoping that his colleagues would assist in putting a permanent end to the incessant attacks on his subjects by Fulani herdsmen. Earlier, the leader of the delegation, Shettima said that they came to identify with one of their own over the unfortunate incident, stressing that anything that affected one of them affects all. The Borno State governor further said that they shared in the pains as well as grief of their colleague and his subjects. Other members of the delegation include governors Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, Yahaya Bello of Kogi, Mohammed Abubakar of Jigawa, Simon Lalong of Plateau and the Deputy Gov.

Source: The Guardian January 20, 2018 05:03 UTC