Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue
state, says Benue belongs to President Muhammadu Buhari and he can do whatever
he likes there.
Ortom said this at the Nigerian
air force base, Makurdi, the state capital, while speaking with journalists on
Wednesday.
The governor was at the base to
receive the president for the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC)
presidential rally.
“He is the president of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria and whatever he is doing, it is our responsibility to give
him adequate protocol,” he said.
“He is our president, and this is
beyond party… so I am doing all the needful. There is no special thing in what
I am doing, it is what I am supposed to do as governor of Benue state
irrespective of party because he remains my president and I respect him.
“I have no personal issues with
him; we talk about policies and issues there is no personal grudge. So, I am
here to receive him, and I have made adequate arrangement. This state belongs
to Mr President. So he has access, he can be here and do whatever he wants.”
Ortom defected from the ruling
APC to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in July and fell out with the federal
government.
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) had frozen the accounts of the state but the restriction was
lifted few days after.
In August 2018, Terver Akase,
spokesman of Ortom, had alleged that the federal government was planning to
cage his principal with a flight ban.
The governor had earlier said
there would be no campaign for elections in Benue if there is no solution to
the clashes between herdsmen and farmers.
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