Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, yesterday said that he will defect from APC to PDP or any other political party if his people so wish. Ortom said this yesterday when he received Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose who paid him a condolence visit over the killing of 78 persons by suspected herdsmen in January. Governor Fayose in his speech, called on Governor Ortom to leave APC and move over to PDP where he will be well catered for. He accused the Buhari-led government and the APC of neglecting one of their own states.

In his response, Governor Ortom said he will defect to anyother party if his people so wish him to.

”I am a member of the APC but I cannot keep quiet when my people are being annihilated, I will not accept that because I cannot be Governor over dead people. I’m not a dead man either. The responsibility of enforcing the law is that of the federal government. That is why I have joined the voices calling for the restructuring of the country. Because we cannot have an IGP who is the mouthpiece of Miyetti Allah. And we cannot have a minister who should be protecting the territorial integrity of this country coming out to say it is foreigners that are responsible for the killings. We cannot have a security architecture that is not ready to protect lives and property. That allow herdsmen carry guns and displaying it openly.



Today herdsmen have also taken over kidnapping in the country from North to South because they have guns and are being protected by the IGP and when you talk they start calling you names. I must send a message that Samuel Ortom is not a drowning man. I was a nobody but God lifted me to several important position in life, so I know where I’m coming from, I’m not a drowning man. I dropped out of school in 1979 but I hold a Doctorate Degree today.

After passing through several leadership positions in this country today I am a Governor and I’m doing my job. Now it is clear that our country must be restructured for the tenets of rule of law to be respected. Any herdsmen that is not comfortable with the grazing law should go to Kano where the Governor has requested that they come. Today because of the activities of herdsmen in Benue state over 60,000 of our children can no longer go to school and are residing in seven IDPs camps across the state. They have truncated the education of our children. It very painful.

To compound the problem the crisis in Cameroon has spilled to Kwande and we have opened two camps where 7,000 persons are being housed, so on the whole we have nine IDPs camps in Benue state. After the killings of the 73 people the killings are still continuing almost on a daily basis and more people are coming into the IDPs camps. “Though I read that Mr. President has approved the deployment of the military, I thank the President though I have not been communicated officially but I hope it will help in restoring peace and normally.

Regrettably his directive to the IGP to relocate to Benue was not obeyed and he also failed to do his job. We are calling for his resignation. Such people cannot work for Mr. President he needs better people to assist him including the Minister of Defence. These are bear footed people who have nothing to offer. I commend the National Assembly for rejecting the biased report of the IGP which portrayed him as the mouthpiece of Miyetti. I am a member of the APC and about the issue of joining another vehicle, Benue people are here and they are hearing you. I cannot decide for Benue people, the people will decide, it is what they want that I will want. Anything Benue people say I should do, I will do.” he said

Add stew before I comment

Ok

PDP is not even a party again

It's not about APC or PDP..all of them are bunch of cows. That is why Nigeria is a zoo...Animal kingdom!

That's touching. May peace be restored in benue

showing a man of his people ba

benue people want you to pay their salary, why not do that?

Skyfornia:
It's not about APC or PDP..all of them are bunch of cows. That is why Nigeria is a zoo...Animal kingdom!

u da vex ooo
u forget say u d part of the Nigeria?

onuhabel1:
Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, yesterday said that he will defect from APC to PDP or any other political party if his people so wish. Ortom said this yesterday when he received Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose who paid him a condolence visit over the killing of 78 persons by suspected herdsmen in January. Governor Fayose in his speech, called on Governor Ortom to leave APC and move over to PDP where he will be well catered for. He accused the Buhari-led government and the APC of neglecting one of their own states.

In his response, Governor Ortom said he will defect to anyother party if his people so wish him to.

”I am a member of the APC but I cannot keep quiet when my people are being annihilated, I will not accept that because I cannot be Governor over dead people. I’m not a dead man either. The responsibility of enforcing the law is that of the federal government. That is why I have joined the voices calling for the restructuring of the country. Because we cannot have an IGP who is the mouthpiece of Miyetti Allah. And we cannot have a minister who should be protecting the territorial integrity of this country coming out to say it is foreigners that are responsible for the killings. We cannot have a security architecture that is not ready to protect lives and property. That allow herdsmen carry guns and displaying it openly.



Today herdsmen have also taken over kidnapping in the country from North to South because they have guns and are being protected by the IGP and when you talk they start calling you names. I must send a message that Samuel Ortom is not a drowning man. I was a nobody but God lifted me to several important position in life, so I know where I’m coming from, I’m not a drowning man. I dropped out of school in 1979 but I hold a Doctorate Degree today.

After passing through several leadership positions in this country today I am a Governor and I’m doing my job. Now it is clear that our country must be restructured for the tenets of rule of law to be respected. Any herdsmen that is not comfortable with the grazing law should go to Kano where the Governor has requested that they come. Today because of the activities of herdsmen in Benue state over 60,000 of our children can no longer go to school and are residing in seven IDPs camps across the state. They have truncated the education of our children. It very painful.

To compound the problem the crisis in Cameroon has spilled to Kwande and we have opened two camps where 7,000 persons are being housed, so on the whole we have nine IDPs camps in Benue state. After the killings of the 73 people the killings are still continuing almost on a daily basis and more people are coming into the IDPs camps. “Though I read that Mr. President has approved the deployment of the military, I thank the President though I have not been communicated officially but I hope it will help in restoring peace and normally.

Regrettably his directive to the IGP to relocate to Benue was not obeyed and he also failed to do his job. We are calling for his resignation. Such people cannot work for Mr. President he needs better people to assist him including the Minister of Defence. These are bear footed people who have nothing to offer. I commend the National Assembly for rejecting the biased report of the IGP which portrayed him as the mouthpiece of Miyetti. I am a member of the APC and about the issue of joining another vehicle, Benue people are here and they are hearing you. I cannot decide for Benue people, the people will decide, it is what they want that I will want. Anything Benue people say I should do, I will do.” he said

A-P-Cheat

okosodo:
PDP is not even a party again

which one come be party now?
then what's the fate of #2019

Abeg take along Yayaha Bello of Kogi State with you on your voyage to the Pigs Land...

We don't want him in PDP. let him pack and leave govt house 2019. He is the worst governor since the history of Benue.


The issue herdsmen he is trying his best though. But how can a Governor who have no single project for almost 3years and can not pay workers think of second term?

IGP should have shut his mouth. I don't know how he manage to rise to that position.

Nwodosis:
Add stew before I comment

i da come mk I go buy salt

Mr ortom spare us the crap. Ask yourself this simple question. Has apc served the interest of your people so far? Again, have you served your people well so far? If the answer to these two question is NO, then just resign or don't go for second term. Nonsense.

onuhabel1:
showing a man of his people ba


benue people want you to pay their salary, why not do that?

The man wants to use Fulani Herdsmen crisis to win an unmerited 2nd tenure... He is really a drowning man...

Defend yourself Benue people. This man will claim he is doing something but rather he is doing eyeservice to deceive Benue Indigenes and also playing his cards carefully not to displease Buhari. IF HE IS SERIOUS,HE WOULD HAVE ACTED LIKE EDO GOVERNOR OR FAYOSE OR EVEN ACT SWIFT AS WIKE TREATED DON WANNEY. That's how you know people that wanna work

imhotep:
A-P-Cheat

give the full meaning of the AP since C is cheat

You're there already

He want go back home

Tha people wants you in PDP..You are highly welcome sir.
God bless Benue people. Affliction shal not rise again.

onuhabel1:
give the full meaning of the AP since C is cheat

Alliance of Perpetual Cheats

imhotep:
Alliance of Perpetual Cheats

lmao���

onuhabel1:
lmao���

other alternatives

IkpuNnu:
Abeg take along Yayaha Bello of Kogi State along with you on your voyage to the Pigs Land...

Kogi, Kogi, Kogi
don't really the crime the people committed that yielded these...

MossLuv:
We don't want him in PDP. let him pack and leave govt house 2019. He is the worst governor since the history of Benue.


The issue herdsmen he is trying his best though. But how can a Governor who have no single project for almost 3years and can not pay workers think of second term?

you know craving for power brought him to APC, he has gotten the power, he was a PDP before his defection in 2015

IkpuNnu:
Abeg take along Yayaha Bello of Kogi State along with you on your voyage to the Pigs Land...

NgeneUkwenu, what happened to NgeneUkwenu moniker? Has it been banned?

IkpuNnu:


The man wants to us Fulani Herdsmen crisis to win an unmerited 2nd tenure... He is really a drowning man...

he is trying na
just inability to pay salary is his major problem, den his slowness in tackling the herdsmen

MossLuv:
We don't want him in PDP. let him pack and leave govt house 2019. He is the worst governor since the history of Benue.


The issue herdsmen he is trying his best though. But how can a Governor who have no single project for almost 3years and can not pay workers think of second term?

you know craving for power brought him to APC, he has gotten the power, he was a PDP before his defection in 2015

It's done and dusted, Ortom is now a PDP member, we are only waiting for the official announcement

for saying this statement at first, the APC will plotto remove you quickly. .wtahc they will start from your state house of assembly, buy members that will try to impeach you...it will cause mayhem and a state of emergency will be declared....

BiafraIShere:
It's done and dusted, Ortom is now a PDP member, we are only waiting for the official announcement

Biafra or PDP