By; SAMSON YAKI, Lafia
His Excellency Umaru Tanko Almakura of Nasarawa State has accepted and forgiven His Excellency, Samuel Ortom of Benue State for the accusations made on Nasarawa State as housing militia that attacked Benue communities which was discovered to be false.
Gov. Almakura made this known as he received a delegation from the Dangote Group who came to commiserate with Nasarawa State at the Government Lafia .
Gov. Almakura, commiserate with the people and Government of Benue State , said that whatever affects Benue State also affects Nasarawa state , describing the incident as unfortunate .
He said hat he had wholeheartedly accepted the apology of Gov. Ortom over the utterance he had earlier made, describing Gov. Ortom as his brother , neighbor and friend who he has forgiven and would work with towards keeping their borders safe stating that as neighbors they will continue to assist , support and care for each their bothers in Benue State.
Gov. Almakura also thanked President Muhammedu Buhari for his early intervention and the deployment of security to the state, saying that they recently got about 5 units of mobile policemen numbering about 800 who would be deployed to all the areas having challenges.
He enjoined Nasarawa State residents to put security first knowing that they were part of the security arrangement in the state that had kept it problem free.