Chief Daniel
Abomtse, has alleged that the Tor Tiv, Dr Alfred Torkula, has been sacked from
his palace by Fulani insurgents.
The Paramount
Ruler of Gwer, said this today at his Makurdi Government House Lodge, while
speaking with journalists thus:
“As I speak with
you, Fulani insurgents have taken over the village of Tor Tiv. His Royal Majesty,
Dr Alfred Akawe Torkula, can no longer attend burial and other functions in his
community. They walk freely with guns and all I know is that the invasion is a
conspiracy against Tiv people and Benue community.
“These
insurgents, who disguise as herders, confiscate everything belonging to our
people; and if nothing urgently is done, it therefore means that Benue State,
and by implication, Nigeria, is sitting on a keg of gun powder due to our
strategic location.”
He also said nine
districts in his domain, were currently under the control of insurgents, whom
he argued were not ordinary nomads.
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