The Middle Belt Forum, the Arewa Consultative Forum , the Northern Governors’ Forum were among other Prominent groups and Leaders who frowned against and condemned Saturday’s assassination attempt on the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom.
As the groups, in separate interviews condemned the attack, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Sunday ordered a full-scale investigation into the incident.
Ortom had on Saturday said suspected herdsmen numbering about 15 attacked him in his farm at Tyo-Mu community, near Makurdi, the state capital.
He attributed the attack to his campaign against killer herdsmen, who had been attacking farmers in the state and other parts of the country. Reacting to the attack, the Northern Governors’ Forum described it as a disturbing development, which must be investigated thoroughly.
In a statement on Sunday by its Chairman and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, the group said the attack was another attempt by criminals to cause mayhem not only in Benue State, but also in the nation as a whole.
Also, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum said the attempt by gunmen to make Benue State ungovernable would continue to fail.