Ortom: APC Leaders Shameless in Trying to Change Benue Narrative

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has described as shameful the statements made by Senator George Akume, Governor Simon Lalong and other All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders at the recent party’s presidential campaign rally in Makurdi, the state capital.

He equally raised the alarm over a plot by the APC to create a state of insecurity so that election in the state would be declared inconclusive.

The governor made this known yesterday while speaking with journalists at Government House, Makurdi, while responding to accusations made by Akume that he was arming militia for the election.

Ortom dismissed the allegation, stating that he has not armed livestock guards as alleged by Akume.

The governor alleged that Akume and other APC leaders were only trying to change the narrative of the herders attacking the state.

He accused Akume of arming people and playing on the sensibility of President Muhammadu Buhari to allow him use security agencies to rig the election.

“I remain a very peaceful person. You can go round the town and see how they destroyed my billboards and we did not react. They also, destroyed my billboards on Lafia road and even in Gbajimba, my own home town. They are responsible for the shooting that took place in the area. All these while, I am just reporting to security agencies. I do not want anything that will create violence in the state because that is what the APC want as they have lost the support of the people.