Tag: Samuel Ortom

“Aso Rock is home of corruption”, says Ortom

Aminu Imam

…Asks Buhari not to flee Nigeria Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has described the Aso Rock Villa as home of corrupt practices. The Governor, who revealed these on Wednesday while speaking on a television programme, also claimed that the outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari, brought Nigeria from top to bottom in all ramifications. Ortom accused Buhari and his handlers of deploying cash to Benue State to ensure that he lost the recently conducted Senatorial election. According to the governor, insecurity would have been tackled in the country if Buhari listened to…

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G5 Governors: Ortom accuses PDP of insincerity with reconciliation

Aminu Imam

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has accused the Iyorchia Ayu-led Peoples Democratic Party leadership of insincerity in reconciling with the aggrieved governors under the Party. Ortom, who disclosed this to journalists yesterday during an interview, said the Party leadership should be held responsible should the reconciliation moves fail. He alleged that the Ayu-led excos were not putting the right measures in place to address the G5 governors’ demand. The G5 governors include Ortom; Nyesom Wike of Rivers State; Ikeazu Ikpeazu of Abia, Seyi Makinde of Oyo, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of…

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2023: “Vote for Peter Obi; he will rescue Nigeria” – Gov. Ortom

Aminu Imam

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has openly thrown his weight behind the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, ahead of the 2023 general elections. Ortom, who received Obi at the Government House on Sunday, praised the presidential candidate of the Labour Party for visiting the camps of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with them. He described Obi as the best person who can solve Nigeria’s socio-economic problems. Ortom said, “Several presidential candidates have come here, and none of them has chosen to visit those…

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2023: Ortom tenders apology over Fulani comment

Aminu Imam

…Says he didn’t mean it that way Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has apologised to Nigerians over comments he made profiling and denigrating the Fulani ethnic group while reacting to killings in his state by gunmen. Recall that Ortom lashed out at the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, saying he would not support a Fulani man’s Presidential aspiration. He was reacting to the incessant killings in his state by armed herders. Fielding questions from journalists in Bauchi on Wednesday during a meeting of his G-5 Integrity…

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Ortom lambasts FG for denying arms licence to State security outfits

Aminu Imam

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has condemned the decision of the Federal Government (FG) not to allow the State Community Volunteer Guards and security outfits in other states from bearing arms. Governor Ortom also promised to use the remaining part of his administration to lay the foundation for projects that will add value to the development of Benue state. The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Ortom, Nathaniel Ikyur, disclosed this in an issued statement in Makurdi, on Friday. According to the statement, Governor Ortom made this known in his…

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2023: Wike, Ortom, Makinde, two other governors shun Atiku’s presidential campaign inauguration in Abuja

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) State governors in the camp of their Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, were conspicuously absent at the official inauguration of the party presidential campaign council and the Atiku Abubakar book launch, yesterday. Recall that the party, yesterday, formally inaugurated its 2023 Presidential Campaign Council, headed by Akwa-Ibom State governor, Udom Emmanuel. The event, which took place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, attracted the party’s chieftains from across the country. However, the State governors in Wike’s camp boycotted the event. They include Samuel Ortom, of Benue;…

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PDP Crisis: Ortom denies abandoning Wike for Ayu

Aminu Imam

Governor Samuel Ortom, of Benue State, has denied media reports that he has parted ways with his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, over the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike and his team are insisting on the resignation of the PDP National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, over their perceived grievances on the outcome of the party’s presidential election which led to the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the party’s flag bearer. Some kinsmen of Ayu had lampooned Ortom for taking sides with the Rivers State governor against his…

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PDP Crisis: Wike, Ortom, Ikpeazu jet out to UK again

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, and his allies, Samuel Ortom, of Benue State and Okezie Ikpeazu, of Abia State, on Friday jetted out to London, United Kingdom for a new round of talks.  They are expected to be joined by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, who is currently on vacation abroad. Wike has been at loggerheads with Atiku Abubakar, his party’s presidential candidate over the choice of his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State. He previously met with top APC members, including the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu;…

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Presidency tackles Gov. Ortom, says his lies insult nation’s security system

Aminu Imam

…”I wonder what they smoke at the Villa”, Ortom replies The Presidency has described as false a statement credited to Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, that President Muhammadu Buhari reportedly ordered security agents not to move against violent Fulani herders. The President’s Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said top security personnel will not share high-level confidential information with the governor. The Presidency challenged Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State to name those military personnel who told him that President Buhari had ordered security forces not to move…

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Benue State Security outfit: Ortom unveils Community Volunteer Guards; purchase AK-47, others for outfits

Aminu Imam

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, yesterday unveiled the state’s security outfit known as Community Volunteer Guards. The new recruits were unveiled during the passing out parade held at IBB Square, Makurdi. Ortom pledged that his administration would legally procure AK-47, AK-49, and other sophisticated weapons for the group. He further said that 500 personnel drawn from the 23 local government areas of the state were recruited in the first batch. The governor said that his administration decided to constitute the security outfit due to the failure of the Federal Government…

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