Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has refuted claims by a
former Ushongo local council chairman, Joseph Asawa, who made spurious
accusations against the governor on social media and at a press conference.
Governor Ortom said that Asawa had claimed that supporters
of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar,
were targeted for assault, alleging that the governor sponsored youths who
allegedly manhandled him during the successful inauguration of the Benue North
West Senatorial campaign rally in Gboko earlier this week.
But a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Benue
State Governor, Nathaniel Ikyur, on Friday noted, “Governor Ortom could not
have condescended so low to direct his supporters to molest anyone at the Gboko
rally as violence has never been part of his style of politics.
“Asawa is a beneficiary of the governor’s peaceful
disposition as he had at different times intervened between the former Ushongo
council chairman and either his legislative council members or other
stakeholders when his tenure lasted.
“This is false, misleading, and a calculated attempt by the
former Council Chairman to use the name of the Governor and win cheap sympathy
from the Atiku Abubakar camp.”
Nkyur further stressed that the governor “is a stickler for
the rule of law. He has never used thugs either during elections or at any
other time and so does not patronise them, contrary to the claims by the former
council chairman.
“It is a fact that Governor Ortom facilitated the nomination
and subsequent election of Hon Asawa as the Executive Chairman of Ushongo Local
Government in 2020. He will, therefore, won’t go back to destroy what he helped
build.”
He added, “From the outbursts of Hon Asawa, it is obvious
that he wants to take advantage of the call for fairness and equity by the G-5
Governors, which Governor Ortom is a member to be recognised by the camp of the
presidential candidate of our party.”
The media aide urged the general public to discountenance
the claims of the former Ushongo chairman that the thugs who allegedly
manhandled him during the campaign rally were sent by the governor.
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