Governor Samuel Ortom has
apologised to the people of Benue State and Nigerians at large for supporting
the election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.
Governor Ortom gave the apology
while interacting with leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, at
the NKST Church in Wannune, Tarka Local Government Area.
He stated that just like former
President Olusegun Obasanjo had apologised to Nigerians, he was doing same
because the President Buhari-led administration had not only lived up to
expection but was also condoning the atrocities of Fulani herdsmen across the
country.
According to him, all complaints
for the arrest and prosecution of leaders of Fulani groups that sponsored the
killing of people in the state and destruction property fell on deaf ears.
Governor Ortom stated that while
his kinsmen the late Presidents Shehu Shagari and Umaru Yar’adua appointed
several Tiv people ministers in their cabinets, President Buhari has appointed
none in spite of the fact that the ethnic group which voted massively for him
in 2015 is estimated to be the fourth largest in the country.
The Governor stated that the
Buhari administration has brought more hardship on Nigerians and people of the
state in different ways, pointing out that Nigerians cannot afford another four
years of that kind ofleadership that would further plunge them into more
crises.
He solicited support for his
re-election and that of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as President as well as all other
candidates of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the forthcoming general
elections, stressing that under Atiku, Nigeria would be better.
Governor Ortom, while speaking
with traditional rulers in the area, had appealed that they should support the
PDP Benue North West Senatorial Candidate, Mr Orker Jev, who is a member of the
House of Representatives, to replace their son, Senator George Akume, insisting
that the former was more effective at the National Assembly
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