Major General Adeyemi Yekini, who is the Force Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), has stated that a standing patrol would be established in the general area where Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom was attacked by gunmen a few days ago.
Africa Daily News had earlier reported that Ortom was attacked on Saturday in Tyomu, a rural community situated at the outskirts of Makurdi while returning from his farm.
However, while conducting journalists in Makurdi around the Tyomu vast area by the river Benue bank on Tuesday, Yekini, said the deployment of more troops to the place was necessary to forestall further attacks.
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‘We are going to establish a standing patrol in this area,‘ he said.
The Force Commander also revealed that OPWS was working in collaboration with other security agencies to ensure peace and security in its three states of operation; Benue, Taraba, and Nasarawa.
He went on to add that: ‘We brought you here to reassure you that there are no criminals around here.
‘We have cleared the area in the past.
‘We responded promptly for rescue when we received the governor’s distress call and we heard the enemies retreated to the bush.
‘We gave them a hot chase. We burnt their hiding places.’
Meanwhile, the Security Adviser to Governor Samuel Ortom, Lt. Col. Paul Hemba (Rtd), on his part, said that nobody had been arrested but that three people were questioned by the police and allowed to go home.
He, however, displayed five empty bullet shells said to have been expended by the attackers on the governor’s convoy.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
