BEVERLY HILLS, March 22, (THEWILL) – Youths in Benue, State on Monday staged a peaceful protest over the attempt by suspected herdsmen to assassinate Governor Samuel Ortom.
They matched through major roads in Makurdi, the state capital, before heading for the Government House.
Ortom on Saturday morning narrowly escaped death after armed herders reportedly opened fire on him at his farm in Tyo-Mu community on the outskirts of Makurdi town, along Makurdi-Gboko road.
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