Latest Benue News Today, Tuesday, 27th September 2022

Good morning! Here is the latest Benue news today, Tuesday, 27th September 2022.

Controversy trails suspension of Benue top official by Gov Ortom

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has suspended the Managing Director of Benue Investment and Property Company Limited, Alex Adum, for allegedly campaigning for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.

In a letter issued by the Secretary to the Government of Benue State, Anthony Ijohor, dated 25 September, Mr Adum was suspended indefinitely for alleged financial misappropriation.

However, those close to Mr Adum told PREMIUM TIMES that he was suspended for campaigning for Atiku.

Mr Adum, a former attorney general and commissioner for justice under ex-Governor Gabriel Suswam, appears to be on a political trajectory different from Mr Ortom, who is in a political battle with Atiku.

The suspended MD has been backing Atiku and the National Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, a development said to have irked Mr Ortom who prefers that his trusted aides should always queue behind him politically.

“Ortom warned all his aides not to have anything to do with Atiku. Adum has been openly canvassing Atiku candidature on social media. He has been attending Atiku meetings courtesy of Iyorchia Ayu,” a source

How Fulani Herdsmen Killing Us In Benue Were Sponsored By Governor Ortom, Senator Suswam, Other Politicians – Activist

A Benue State resident and human rights’ activist, Awunah Pius Terwase, has stated that the Fulani herdsmen ravaging communities in the state were allegedly created by Governor Samuel Ortom and other political leaders.

He noted that the governor and other serving lawmakers in the state allegedly allowed the herdsmen to silence their rivals during the electioneering period, adding that the group started to attack innocent dwellers of the state because they were abandoned by the politicians after the election.

The activist made this known in a statement he made available to SaharaReporters on Monday.

He said, “The problems we are facing in Benue State including the attacks and killings of our people by the Fulani herdsmen, have been created by the selfish and corrupt political actors in the state, namely: Senator Suswam, Senator Akume, Governor Ortom, Dr. Ayu, Senator Gemade, Senator Akaagerger, Mr. Mzenda Iho and other old politicians in the state.

“It is true that a part from the attacks and killings of people in the state by herdsmen, members of a militia group who are the indigenes of BENUE State and precisely Tiv by tribe, have been equally attacking and killing their own fellow Tiv in the state.

“This good-for-nothing militia members, were once thugs, recruited by the old political actors in the state to help eliminate their rivals to win elections.

“It is not news that the late Terwase Agwaza, who was popularly known as Gana, headed the militia group in question before his assassination by the military. The activities of members of this group got out of hand after being abandoned by these corrupt and selfish political actors who once recruited and used them to achieve their devilish plans.

Benue: JNI condoles with Hausa, Muslim Community over flood disaster

The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has consoled with the Hausa and Muslim Community in Benue State over the flood disaster that has sacked several houses and displaced thousands of families in Makurdi, the state capital.

Chairman Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), and leader of Muslim Community in Benue State and Alhaji Garba Baba stated this on Monday when he led leaders of the group to visit communities within Makurdi metropolis that have experienced flooding in the last few weeks.

“We have come to see and condole with the Hausa and Muslim Community and pray with them over the flood that ravaged thousands of houses in Wadata, Nyiongu , Akpehe, Idyer, North Bank and other parts of Makurdi metropolis. We have come to identify with the affected families and prayed to God to put a stop to this natural disaster.

“We are also calling on government to intervene by way of alleviating their plight,” Alhaji Baba emphasized.

Ortom sacks MD of Benue Investment and Property Company

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