How Wike led Ugwuanyi, Ortom, Ikpeazu to electoral defeat
No one led them astray, they should blame themselves — Olafeso Three of the five aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party lost their bids to go to the Senate, DIRISU YAKUBU examines the implication of the loss for the governors and the members of the Integrity Group led by the outgoing Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike For months, reconciliatory efforts were made by chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party to bring its aggrieved five governors back to its fold but to no avail. For Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State and leader of the Integrity Group, together
Presidency: Why we prefer Peter Obi — Obasanjo, Ortom
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, yesterday, explained why they endorsed Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi for president. Obasanjo justified his letter in which he threw his weight behind Obi, saying God would punish him if he failed to do the right thing. On his part, Governor Ortom explained that although Obi, like most human beings, is not perfect, he possessed qualities of the kind of leader Nigeria needs at this point in her history. The two leaders spoke at different fora. Only unpatriotic Nigerian will vote candidate with bad
Grazing Law Has Borught Relative Peace To Benue – Gov Ortom
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue on Saturday in New York said no fewer than 81 herdsmen had been convicted and 3,000 cows arrested under the state’s anti-open grazing law. Ortom, who gave the update in a keynote address at the 2019 annual convention of the Idoma Association USA, said implementation of the law had brought relative peace to the state. “We are implementing our law, and there is relative peace. As at today, we have convicted 81 herdsmen. Some have paid fines; others are still in prison as I talk to you. “We have gone a step further. Anywhere we
S’East govs, Akeredolu, Ortom, Ishaku, others reject FG’s Ruga settlements for herdsmen
The Federal Government on Tuesday said in the next five years, the establishment of Ruga settlements in the country would stop open grazing by herdsmen and end herdsmen-farmers’ clashes across the country. It explained that the establishment of Ruga settlements, which had been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari and had started in 12 states, would allow herdsmen to stay in specific areas, where they could graze their animals. But all the five South-East state governors, Samuel Ortom (Benue); Darius Ishaku (Taraba) and the Ondo State Government have rejected the Ruga settlements, saying they would not give out their land for
Ortom Raises Alarm, Says Herdsmen Planning To Kill Me
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has raised the alarm of an alleged plot by militants herdsmen to kidnap, torture and kill him. Governor Ortom raised the alarm on Friday when he addressed church leaders, traditional rulers and other stakeholders in the state ahead of the 2019 elections. The forum was organized by the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi. Ortom said his sin remains the enactment of the grazing law in the state, adding that he got intelligence report that the militant herdsmen were planning to kidnap him along the busy Makurdi-Lafia Road and thereafter torture and kill him. He said
