Police nab suspects behind the attack on Benue governor

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Nigeria Police Force said it captured a few men purportedly associated with the bombed assault on the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom.

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, reported the capture on Thursday at unique instructions of State House journalists at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

“Those who organized and those who pulled the trigger have all been arrested and investigation is ongoing,” Alkali said.

The Benue State Governor in March claimed that shooters suspected to be herders assaulted him on his ranch close to Tyo-mu, along Makurdi-Gboko Highway of Benue State.

Ortom, who seemed unsettled after the thwarted assault while addressing writers at the Benue People's House, Makurdi, said outfitted minute men, numbering around 15, progressed rapidly towards his caravan with complex weapons however were repulsed by his security subtleties.

He said the men, wearing dark, had followed his caravan from his ranch.

Ortom said he needed to run for dear life while his security detail connected with the criminals who got away into the close by shrubberies.

“I will continue to fight for the truth, equity, and justice. Nobody can intimidate me, those after my life will continue to fail as they failed today,” Ortom said in March.

Former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, ordered “full-scale investigations into the circumstances surrounding the attack and reported attempt on the life of Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue,” police spokesman Frank Mba had said.

However, Alkali said the suspects were still being detained by the police without prosecution because Judiciary workers were on strike.

The police boss lamented the current closure of courts in the country to prosecute the suspects.

“We have had them for over a month but the courts have been closed for over three months, where do I take them to?” Alkali said.

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