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NO ONE SHOULD TAKE LAW INTO HIS HANDS: It is the law that regulates the activities of human beings. If anybody decides to take the law into their hands then we cannot live together in that society. Ortom explaining that the Anti-Open Grazing Law by his government may have ignited more killings of Benue indigenes by suspected Fulani herdsmen
I WAS GIVEN A RED CARD: The leadership did not allow room for integration. In Benue State, because all politics is local, the senator who said he is the leader of the party took control and doesn’t want input from outside. My supporters and myself were left out and when we tried to insist, I was given a red card. That I am not needed, and everywhere he went, he demonized me, saying all kinds of things. Ortom blaming Senator George Akume for forcing him out of the APC
I CAN DIE FOR MY PEOPLE: As a leader, let me do what I believe to be right. Even if I die, let it be on record that Ortom was killed because of his people. I have chosen to stay with the people and to walk with them. If they crucify me today, if anything happens to me today, everyone will know that it is because I have chosen to stay with the people. Whichever way you do, one day, you will die. But if you die for a just cause, it is okay. Jesus died so many years ago for a just cause, but he’s a hero. Just like Abiola was recently recognised as a winner of June 12 in Nigeria. Ortom expressing willingness to lay down his life for a cause he believes in
WE DIE FOR CATTLES IN NIGERIA: We are talking about just 20 million cattle in Nigeria. In India, there over 270 million cattle but they ranch. In Brazil, there are over 300 million but they ranch their cattle. In America, there are over 100 million cattle but they are surviving. Ranching is global best practice in animal husbandry. Trying to set a pace by doing something new is a difficult task. One day people will understand. Ortom insisting that ranching was the solution to herders versus farmers clash in Nigeria
I DID NOT GIVE BENUE YOUTHS WHEELBARROWS: That is outright falsehood, there is no iota of truth, it is meant to scandalise, blackmail and to reduce my rising profile in Benue because of the achievement we have recorded during these two years. Ortom explaining that the wheelbarrows that were publicised as his youth empowerment project were actually donated by National Emergency Management Agency to displaced people