Governor Samuel Ortom has appealed to indigenes of Benue State, especially those in the diaspora to support the Government in providing logistics to the Community Volunteer Guards and other security agencies in the State to enhance their operations.
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue on Thursday in Makurdi, inaugurated 25 security vehicles and 769 motorcycles for both Community Volunteer Guards as well as the Livestock Guards.
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The Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Mr Ekpe Ogbu, has been kidnapped. He was kidnapped along Otukpo-Ado Road in the Ado Local Government Area of the state around 4 pm on Sunday. The adviser on security matters to Governor Samuel Ortom, Colonel Paul Hemba (retd), confirmed the abduction of the commissioner to Channels TV on Sunday night. He said the van the commissioner was travelling in had been recovered by the police in Otukpo, and that rescue efforts had begun.