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Gov. Samuel Ortom fires back at presidency after he was called out over his recent comment against Buhari

by Chinecherem Ejiogu
4 months ago
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Gov. Samuel Ortom fires back at presidency after he was called out over his recent comment against Buhari
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has replied to the presidency after he was called out over his recent comment in an interview.

It would be recalled that the governor had appeared on Arise television programme where he said that Nigerians are regretting voting for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.

Reacting to this in a statement issued by Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, the Presidency asked Ortom not to blame President Muhammadu Buhari for the challenges experienced in the state.

The presidency further described Ortom as an example of the second class of politicians who blame others for challenges.

Now, Ortom has replied to the presidency in a statement released by Nathaniel Ikyur, his chief press secretary.

In the statement, the Governor accused the Buhari-led administration of resorting to mudslinging and trying to paint him in a bad light.

He also averred that it is uncharitable and truly a betrayal of hope for the Buhari government “which has consistently blamed past administrations”, to now find it convenient to accuse Ortom of blaming others before him.

Ortom further revealed that he has been shut out from seeing the President for over a year.

The statement read;

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“The Governor decried the rate at which the sovereignty of Nigeria is daily being compromised with the activities of armed Fulani herdsmen that has continued to kill and sack communities across the country.

The President Buhari’s state of Katsina is badly hit with the activities of these terrorists. It is the President’s failure to secure Nigeria that has allowed terrorists to take over most states. This is not the making of Governor Ortom.

“For more than a year, the Governor has been shut out from seeing the President. Is this too a lie?

“Has President Buhari’s government not spent billions of dollars in ‘Turning Around the Maintenance’ of the nation’s refineries without commensurate results from the facilities? Is it Governor Ortom that stopped the President from revamping the country’s refineries after such humongous sums were spent on it? Why did Garba Shehu fail to see all of these but chose to gloss over them?

“It is therefore curious that Garba did not address the issues Governor Ortom raised in the interview with AriseTV. Rather, he went about chasing shadows, trying in vain to paint the governor in bad light. In doing so, he turns to accuse the governor of funding a militia group. This is the height of irresponsibility.

“Rather than take the advice Governor Ortom offers for the collective good of the nation, Garba Shehu and those hired to insult the Governor finds it easy to ignore the weighty issues that bother on national security but rather go about in circles. We think the President and his handlers will do well to take Governor Ortom seriously when he speaks than indulging in unnecessary mudslinging.

“It is uncharitable and truly a betrayal of hope for the President Muhammadu Buhari government who has consistently blamed past administrations to now find it convenient to accuse Governor Ortom of blaming others before him. This is ridiculous and has exposed the Buhari government of being bereft of ideas and indeed empty of tackling the nation’s myriad of problems.”

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