We’ll meet at the Hague – Ortom replies Miyetti Allah, demands compensation for killings in Benue
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has told the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore that he is ever ready to meet them at the International Criminal Court of Justice.
The Governor said this while reacting to media threats credited to the Fulani group whose members have continued to wreak incalculable havoc on Benue communities thereby killing thousands and rendering many others homeless.
According to a statement credited to the Secretary General of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Alhaji Saleh Alhasssn, the group has already approached the ICC in The Hague to file a suit against Governor Ortom for allegedly seizing over 25,000 cows belonging to his members and detaining over 4000 herders.
In his reaction to the reported court action, Governor Ortom reiterated his readiness to meet them in court saying: “Tell Miyetti Allah and all its leadership that I am ready to meet them in court, anywhere. He further explained that as the Governor of Benue state, he was implementing a law duly passed by the legislature and signed into law.
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