Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has condemned in strong terms, the gruesome murder of a Benue state -born legal practitioner, Benedict Azza, in Gusau, Zamfara state, by terrorists.
The Governor made this condemnation in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur, and made available to journalists.
Barrister Benedict Torngee Azza, who is based in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital, hailed from Yelewata, Guma local government area of Benue state.
Family sources and colleagues of the legal practionioner disclosed that on Thursday night, August 18th, 2022, at about 10:30pm, the killers broke into the lawyer’s home in Saminaka Area, Gusau beside the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, headquarters bypass.
It was further revealed that, sensing danger, the Barrister Azza who was at alert attempted to escape from his killers but was overpowered and shot several times before he finally died from the gunshot wounds.
Governor Ortom blamed the inability of the APC led Federal Government to protect the lives of Nigerians to the current spate of killing of Nigerians.
“I have said it before and I will repeat again. The federal government must urgently convene a national security summit to end these senseless killings. It is obvious that this federal government does not want to secure the lives of Nigerians.
“This is the reason why innocent Nigerians who go about their legitimate businesses are killed everyday like chicken by terrorists and nothing happens to them. Nigeria has become a country where our lives don’t matter anymore.
“It is becoming clear everyday that living in Nigeria is living in hell because the security has collapsed. No one is safe anymore. This government cannot deal with the increasing insecurity in the country because it has gotten out of control of the federal government. Everyday, we move from one bad case to a more deadly case.”
Ortom wondered for how long Nigeria shall continue to lose her best brains to the hands of terrorists who do not value lives and when the Federal Government will take decisive steps to end the blood bath by the killers.
He called on his Zamfara State counterpart, Governor Bello Matawalle, to direct security agencies in the state to fish out the killers of Barrister Azza and bring them to book to serve as deterrent to others.
Ortom condoled with the family of the late lawyer and also prayed God to grant his soul eternal rest.