{"id":7646,"date":"2021-03-20T14:26:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T14:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646"},"modified":"2021-03-20T14:26:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T14:26:06","slug":"gunmen-attack-governor-ortoms-convoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen Attack Governor Ortom&#8217;s Convoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Gunmen Attack Governor Ortom&#8217;s Convoy<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zainab Tanimu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kaduna, North &#8211; West, Nigeria<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">About fifteen armed men suspected to be herdsmen militia have attacked the convoy of Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom at Tyo Mu on Makurdi-Gboko Road.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Governor Ortom who briefed newsmen said the incident happened at about eleven a.m while he was coming from his farm to Makurdi.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said the gunmen who were dressed in black opened fire on his convoy, saying however that no one was killed or injured as the security men attached to him were able to repel the attackers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mr. Ortom accused the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore for being behind the attack, explaining that the group had in their recent meeting in Yola, Adamawa state singled him out for elimination because of his stand against open grazing.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Governor who said he was not against Fulani herdsmen as a group but those bandits among them who are destroying lives and property of Nigerians, said no amount of intimidation would deter him from seeking justice, fairness and truth.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mr. Ortom said he has already reported the incident to security agents and has implored them to go after the attackers who he said were in the forest between Makurdi and Abinsi.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for ordering security agents to shoot at sight any one with AK 47 and taking steps to tighten the country&#8217;s borders and appealed to him to address other issues he raised in his letter to him to ensure peace in the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Source: Radio Nigeria<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen Attack Governor Ortom&#8217;s Convoy Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, North &#8211; West, Nigeria About fifteen armed men suspected to be herdsmen militia have attacked the convoy of Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom at Tyo Mu on Makurdi-Gboko Road. Governor Ortom who briefed newsmen said the incident happened at about eleven a.m while he was coming from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gunmen Attack Governor Ortom&#039;s Convoy -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gunmen Attack Governor Ortom&#039;s Convoy -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gunmen Attack Governor Ortom&#8217;s Convoy Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, North &#8211; West, Nigeria About fifteen armed men suspected to be herdsmen militia have attacked the convoy of Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom at Tyo Mu on Makurdi-Gboko Road. Governor Ortom who briefed newsmen said the incident happened at about eleven a.m while he was coming from [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-20T14:26:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Samuel-Ortom-696x392-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"392\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ZAINAB TANIMU\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ZAINAB TANIMU\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646\",\"name\":\"Gunmen Attack Governor Ortom's Convoy -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Samuel-Ortom-696x392-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-20T14:26:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faffbb141ad72e9bc665f603c95ca365\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Samuel-Ortom-696x392-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Samuel-Ortom-696x392-1.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":392},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gunmen Attack Governor Ortom&#8217;s Convoy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faffbb141ad72e9bc665f603c95ca365\",\"name\":\"ZAINAB TANIMU\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e89828a0637116ffc513026e478f73fd30000bfffd8574e845936fb44d48266?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e89828a0637116ffc513026e478f73fd30000bfffd8574e845936fb44d48266?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ZAINAB TANIMU\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?author=5\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gunmen Attack Governor Ortom's Convoy -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gunmen Attack Governor Ortom's Convoy -","og_description":"Gunmen Attack Governor Ortom&#8217;s Convoy Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, North &#8211; West, Nigeria About fifteen armed men suspected to be herdsmen militia have attacked the convoy of Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom at Tyo Mu on Makurdi-Gboko Road. Governor Ortom who briefed newsmen said the incident happened at about eleven a.m while he was coming from [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646","article_published_time":"2021-03-20T14:26:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":392,"url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Samuel-Ortom-696x392-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ZAINAB TANIMU","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ZAINAB TANIMU","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646","url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646","name":"Gunmen Attack Governor Ortom's Convoy -","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Samuel-Ortom-696x392-1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-03-20T14:26:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faffbb141ad72e9bc665f603c95ca365"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Samuel-Ortom-696x392-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Samuel-Ortom-696x392-1.jpg","width":696,"height":392},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7646#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gunmen Attack Governor Ortom&#8217;s Convoy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/","name":"","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/faffbb141ad72e9bc665f603c95ca365","name":"ZAINAB TANIMU","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e89828a0637116ffc513026e478f73fd30000bfffd8574e845936fb44d48266?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e89828a0637116ffc513026e478f73fd30000bfffd8574e845936fb44d48266?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ZAINAB TANIMU"},"url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?author=5"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Samuel-Ortom-696x392-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9l2uQ-1Zk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7648,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7646\/revisions\/7648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}