Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has stated that he only criticises President Muhammadu Buhari for not being able to end killings in the country.<\/p>\n
This was made known by the Governor while reacting to a statement\u00a0credited to the president by the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education, Aminu Suleiman Goro, during the inauguration of some projects at the renamed Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi.<\/p>\n
He had during the occasion asked Ortom to endeavour to acknowledge his administration\u2019s capital projects in Benue State rather than cast aspersions on the president.<\/p>\n
But, the governor in his speech at the Independence Day Interdenominational Church Service held at Faith Cathedral of All Nations Evangelism Ministry, Old GRA, Makurdi said he held no personal grudges against the president.<\/p>\n
The event was organised by the state government in conjunction with the state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).<\/p>\n
Ortom said, \u201cI will not stop until the killings stop. If the federal government had taken to my counsel which was divine, we wouldn\u2019t be where we are today. In 2016, I started voicing out about insecurity. The essence of a dog barking in a house is to inform the owner of the danger coming.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>\u201cInstead of taking my counsel, I have been intimidated. Now, insecurity has escalated in many states and here people cannot go to farm. I will never be happy with this development,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n The governor wondered why the government had not disarmed nomads carrying sophisticated weapons and killing innocent people but had continued to deny lawful state security outfits the right to acquire arms to protect lives and property.<\/span><\/p>\n Earlier, Archbishop Yiman Orkwar, who preached on the topic, \u201cThe Tripod of Justice,\u2019\u2019 said that for Nigeria to move forward there must be justice, equity and fairness.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>In his remarks, the state CAN Chairman, Reverend Akpen Leva, urged Nigerians not to lose hope in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has stated that he only criticises President Muhammadu Buhari for not being able to end killings in the country. This was made known by the Governor while reacting to a statement\u00a0credited to the president by the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education, Aminu Suleiman Goro, during the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":122658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"custom","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"single-left","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"floatbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[47417,664,2900,207,10436],"class_list":["post-219818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-aminu-suleiman-goro","tag-benue-state","tag-christian-association-of-nigeria","tag-killings","tag-muhammadu-buhari"],"yoast_head":"\n