Former Benue Governor, Samuel Ortom, and his deputy Benson Abounu, have taken legal action against the state government. Ortom and Abounu filed a suit at a High Court in Makurdi against the Assets Recovery Committee set up by Governor Hyacinth Alia. They want the court to determine whether the …
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has dismissed the possibility of defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC, after leaving office. Ortom, however, vowed to support and work for the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, as a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, member. Speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Wednesday, the …
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Thirty-Three years after his involvement in a failed military putsch, the late Major Gideon Orkar has been immortalised by the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. The governor named a major road in Makurdi after the key actor in the botched 1990 coup. Orkar was executed by firing squad after he …
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Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to make adequate provisions for the over two million Internally Displaced Persons in the state ahead of 2023 general elections. He made the call at a roundtable discussion tagged, “Contemporary Security Challenges and their Effects …
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Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has declared that he has not anointed anybody as his successor or for any other elective position. Gov. Ortom disclosed this Saturday, at the residence of Prince Yandev Amaabai in Yandev, Gboko LGA while addressing party faithful who …
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