Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has explained that his recent trip to the United Kingdom and the United States of America was not to report President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to the international community but to correct the misrepresentation of facts on the terrorists’ activities in his state and the country.
Governor Ortom who gave the explanation Thursday when he featured on Arise Television program which was monitored by Africa Today News, New York in Makurdi said ‘I only stated the obvious in the country.’
‘The situation in Benue State and the country is not hidden. I am learned enough to know that Nigeria is a sovereign country and I know that I cannot go and report it to the UK, US or other bodies.’
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According to him, ‘if today Nigeria disintegrates and slides into crisis, it will affect the world. The humanitarian crisis will be huge. It is not about partisanship. I am only concerned about the country. Several of the Fulani’s have stated on several occasions that Nigeria belongs to them and are unleashing violence on the people.
‘The terrorist attacks on Benue communities have led to the displacement of over 1.5million people that I have been grappling with. So I speak for the people who elected me and I need the support of the international community to tackle the challenges.’
While commenting on the situation in the PDP following the selection of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as running mate to Atiku Abubakar over Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, the Governor noted that the leadership of the party and the presidential candidate were still expected to reach out to Wike for a compromise.