Ortom disclosed this in Makurdi, the state capital at the unveiling of the security outfit just as states including Ondo, Ekiti, Osun and Zamfara also indicated that they would arm their security agencies as insecurity worsened in the country.
At the unveiling of the Benue State Security outfit, Ortom revealed that the state was being attacked as a result of the peoples’ refusal to surrender their land.
Ortom said that 500 people drawn from the 23 local government areas of the state were recruited in the first batch and participated in the passing out parade that held at the IBB Square, Makurdi.
The governor said that his administration decided to constitute the security outfit due to the failure of the Federal Government to disarm the militias.
He pledged that his administration would legally procure AK-47, AK-49 and other sophisticated weapons for the security operatives.
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