President Muhammadu Buhari has mocked Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, saying that the recently concluded elections show that the people of Benue State have rejected him.
Buhari in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said the Benue people have “rejected” Ortom over the myriads of challenges bedevilling the state.
The mockery of Ortom followed the governor’s blame on President Muhammadu Buhari in the latest killing of about 137 people by Fulani militants of which was reported in some national dailies.
Shehu said that despite Buhari’s efforts, the Governor-elect, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has his work cut out, recalling the words of the latter who described Benue as being in the Intensive Care Unit.
“Instead, Ortom stubbornly refused to engage with the detailed, holistic approach clearly spelt out by the Federal Government. He arrogantly chose his own, destructive path,” the statement read.
“He blamed the Fulani for every problem that arose. He ignored numerous intelligence reports passed to him for action. He rejected police findings into investigations that didn’t meet his egotistical worldview. He politicized every life lost on his watch.
“So, thank God the people of Benue rejected him so roundly at elections. His contract was not renewed. He failed a Senate election. Even the person he endorsed for Governorship was rejected.”
