Governor Samuel Ortom has written President Muhammadu Buhari for firearm licensing for the newly established Benue State Community Volunteer Guards inaugurated to provide surveillance and intelligence gathering in the wake of persistent herdsmen attacks.
Ortom says the move became necessary following the legitimated process of establishing the Guards to help restore peace in the troubled parts of the state.
He says the President he knows would approve his request to also empower his people against their transducers or at best, leave room for a fair level of response on the defences of his people.