Ortom said this yesterday when he
received Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose who paid him a condolence visit over
the killing of 78 persons by suspected herdsmen in January.
Governor Fayose in
his speech, called on Governor Ortom to leave APC and move over to PDP where he
will be well catered for. He accused the Buhari-led government and the APC of
neglecting one of their own states.
In his response, Governor Ortom
said he will defect to anyother party if his people so wish him to.
''I am a member of the APC but I
cannot keep quiet when my people are being annihilated, I will not accept that
because I cannot be Governor over dead people. I’m not a dead man either.
The responsibility of enforcing
the law is that of the federal government. That is why I have joined the voices
calling for the restructuring of the country. Because we cannot have an IGP who
is the mouthpiece of Miyetti Allah. And we cannot have a minister who should be
protecting the territorial integrity of this country coming out to say it is
foreigners that are responsible for the killings. We cannot have a security
architecture that is not ready to protect lives and property. That allow
herdsmen carry guns and displaying it openly.
Today herdsmen have also taken
over kidnapping in the country from North to South because they have guns and
are being protected by the IGP and when you talk they start calling you names.
I must send a message that Samuel Ortom is not a drowning man. I was a nobody
but God lifted me to several important position in life, so I know where I’m
coming from, I’m not a drowning man. I dropped out of school in 1979 but I hold
a Doctorate Degree today. After passing through several leadership positions in
this country today I am a Governor and I’m doing my job. Now it is clear that
our country must be restructured for the tenets of rule of law to be respected.
Any herdsmen that is not
comfortable with the grazing law should go to Kano where the Governor has
requested that they come. Today because of the activities of herdsmen in Benue
state over 60,000 of our children can no longer go to school and are residing
in seven IDPs camps across the state. They have truncated the education of our
children. It very painful. To compound the problem the crisis in Cameroon has
spilled to Kwande and we have opened two camps where 7,000 persons are being
housed, so on the whole we have nine IDPs camps in Benue state.
After the killings of the 73
people the killings are still continuing almost on a daily basis and more people
are coming into the IDPs camps. “Though I read that Mr. President has approved
the deployment of the military, I thank the President though I have not been
communicated officially but I hope it will help in restoring peace and
normally. Regrettably his directive to the IGP to relocate to Benue was not
obeyed and he also failed to do his job. We are calling for his resignation.
Such people cannot work for Mr. President he needs better people to assist him
including the Minister of Defence. These are bear footed people who have
nothing to offer. I commend the National Assembly for rejecting the biased
report of the IGP which portrayed him as the mouthpiece of Miyetti. I am a
member of the APC and about the issue of joining another vehicle, Benue people are
here and they are hearing you. I cannot decide for Benue people, the people
will decide, it is what they want that I will want. Anything Benue people say I
should do, I will do.” he said
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PDP is and can never be the alternative to APC.. They have failed this country times without number and it's going to be a suicide mission to entrust them with our votes again.. Advice to Mr Ortom, don't be deceived by Ayodele Fayose of ekiti state as his party has nothing good for the country
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