Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has condemned the murder of a Benue State-born legal practitioner based in Gusau, Zamfara State Benedict Torngee Azza by terrorists.
Azza, who is based in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital before he was killed in his house by people suspected to be terrorists, hailed from Yelewata in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.
Information by family sources and colleagues of the deceased said on Thursday, August 18 2022, at about 10:30 p.m., the killers broke into the lawyer’s home in the Saminaka area, Gusau beside the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) headquarters bypass.
It was further revealed that sensing danger, Azza attempted to escape from his killers but was overpowered and shot several times. He later died.
Governor Ortom blamed the inability of the APC-led Federal Government to protect the lives of Nigerians for the current spate of killings of Nigerians.
“The Federal Government must urgently convene a national security summit to end these senseless killings. It is obvious that the Federal Government does not want to secure the lives of Nigerians. This is why innocent Nigerians who go about their legitimate businesses are killed every day like chickens by terrorists and nothing happens to them. Nigeria has become a country where lives don’t matter anymore,” he stated.
He continued: “It is becoming clear every day that living in Nigeria is living in hell because the security system 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. Every day, we move from one bad case to a more deadly case.
“For how long shall we continue to lose our best brains to the hands of terrorists who do not value lives? When will the Federal Government take decisive steps to end this blood bath by these killers? It is getting to a more dangerous situation where no man is safe again.”
He called on his Zamfara State counterpart, Governor Bello Matawalle to direct security agencies in the state to fish out the killers of Azza and bring them to justice to serve as a deterrent to others.
While condoling with the family of the late lawyer, Governor Ortom also prayed to God to grant the soul of the deceased eternal rest.