Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has described President
Muhammadu Buhari as the only medicine the country needs to overcome challenges
precipitated by corruption.
Ortom, who stated this while speaking to senior journalists in Abuja, said that the president is the only one who has courageously confronted corruption while past leaders merely celebrated graft as part of governance.
Ortom, who stated this while speaking to senior journalists in Abuja, said that the president is the only one who has courageously confronted corruption while past leaders merely celebrated graft as part of governance.
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"Buhari remains the medicine
for Nigeria. Despite his age, he is willing to add value, instil discipline and
wipe away corruption in Nigeria. Before him, nobody was bold enough to confront
corruption. It is good for Nigerians to pray for him. For us in Benue we have
declared three days fast for Buhari for his quick recovery so that he can come
back to work for us. “We have no business with poverty in Nigeria but indiscipline
and corruption have combined to keep us down. We need Buhari to take us to the
Promised Land," Ortom said.
Commenting on the anti-grazing bill, which the Benue State House of Assembly recently passed into law, the governor explained that it was meant to end the incessant violent confrontations between farmers and herdsmen in the state and create wealth for all.
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"We in Benue State have a job
to do and we will certainly do it. The anti-grazing bill does not say herdsmen
should use gun and kill people. We are not sending any herdsmen away from Benue
but they must ranch their cattle under the law.
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“The ranching bill is meant to
protect both the farmer and the herdsman. I challenge anyone against the bill
to give me a better alternative to the current challenge we have on our hands.
I like superior arguments and if there is any on the matter, I would quickly
adjust, he said. The governor accused the most wanted militia in the state,
Terwase Akwaza, aka Gana, as an agent of the Boko Haram terrorists working to
bring down the state, after killing his Special Adviser on Security, Denen
Igbana. Ortom said, “Gana is linked with Boko Haram terrorists to destroy and
maim people in Benue. He initially accepted our amnesty and pleaded with us to
allow him to bring in other members of his deadly gang under his control.
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“He surrendered 87 guns that day and
extended his amnesty for another one month. To rehabilitate the boys, we gave
him contract to do for the state. But he wasn’t sincere as he went back into
crimes.
“He killed my SA in charge of Security and since having been fingered for heinous crimes and being declared wanted by the Police headquarters in Abuja, he has been fighting us using his large followership. Only a God is helping us. If we had not identified this man as a terrorist, he would have overrun us.”<script type="text/javascript" src="//go.oclasrv.com/apu.php?zoneid=1264019"></script>
“He killed my SA in charge of Security and since having been fingered for heinous crimes and being declared wanted by the Police headquarters in Abuja, he has been fighting us using his large followership. Only a God is helping us. If we had not identified this man as a terrorist, he would have overrun us.”<script type="text/javascript" src="//go.oclasrv.com/apu.php?zoneid=1264019"></script>
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