Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue, has urged the federal government to take proactive steps against the activities of the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP).
The governor made the call while speaking on Tuesday while addressing a delegation from the Victim Support Fund (VSF) led by Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji, its chairperson, at Makurdi, the Benue state capital.
Ortom asked the federal government not to take for granted the warning issued by his Borno counterpart, Babagana Zulum, about the activities of ISWAP.
Zulum recently said ISWAP would become deadlier than Boko Haram if allowed to fester.
According to Ortom: “I want to lend my voice to what my colleague in Borno state, Prof Babagana Zulum, has cried out against the activities of ISWAP in that part of the country.
“The federal government should not take this alarm from the threats of ISWAP lightly and take proactive steps to send away the terrorists away from Nigeria so that we can live in peace.
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“We can not continue this way. Nigeria deserves more peace than what we have now.”
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