How 15 Herdsmen Trailed Me To River Bank Where I Was On Foot And Opened Fire – Ortom

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has given his own account of how he narrowly escaped assassination attempt by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. Emporium Reporters recalls that gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked the convoy of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Saturday morning.   It was gathered that the incident happened on at Tyo Mu along Makurdi/Gboko road in Makurdi Local Government Area of the state.   Briefing journalists, Ortom, who described the gunmen as ‘herdsmen’, said about 15 of the attackers trailed him to the river bank where he was on foot.   The governor praised his security details that were…