Stop hate campaign against President Buhari, Presidency Gov Ortom

The Presidency has called on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State to desist from basing his campaign for re-election on falsehoods concerning President Muhammadu Buhari and instead focus on the dire issues confronting the state. A statement by Senior Special…

Ortom to Akume: Show your 11-yr scorecard (Vanguard)

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has challenged his estranged political benefactor, and Benue State leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator George Akume, to show his constituents and the people of the state his achievements in the Senate in…

BENUE: Our chances brighter without Ortom, APC vows boasts as Akume’s kinsmen pledge loyalty to PDP (Vanguard)

Perhaps Governor Samuel Ortom may have once again caught his political groove since defecting from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, few weeks back. Ortom had hinged his decision to dump the APC on the fact…

Herdsmen planning to kill me – Ortom cries out (SUN)

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has again raised the alarm that Fulani herdsmen were planning to kidnap, torture and kill him. The claimed that the herdsmen’s plan is billed to be hatched along Makurdi-Lafia-Abuyja highway. Ortom disclosed this, on…

No automatic ticket for Ortom, PDP aspirants insist (Punch)

The chances of the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, to clinch the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party to realise his second term ambition in the 2019 general elections are still hanging in the balance. An impeccable source informed our…

Ortom to EFCC: Start security vote probe from Presidency (Vanguard)

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has urged Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to start the probe of security vote from the Presidency, if the anti-graft agency was not after him for dumping All Progressives Congress, APC. Ortom had…

Miyetti Allah responsible for Ortom impeachment saga, alleges Middle Belt Forum (Guardian)

The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has blamed Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) for the botched attempt to impeach Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state. MBF’s President, Dr Pogu Bitrus who briefed reporters in…

EFCC accuses Benue governor of N22bn fraud (Punch)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has linked Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State to an alleged fraud to the tune of N22bn. This is just as the EFCC revealed that 21 members of the Benue State House of Assembly…

Why APC lawmakers cannot impeach Ortom – spokesman (Guardian)

Amid reports that members of the All Progressives Congress in Benue state House of Assembly served the Governor of the state, Samuel Ortom an impeachment notice, his spokesman said the lawmakers lack the constitutional powers to impeach the governor. The…

Governor Ortom served impeachment notice (Vanguard)

Eight lawmakers of the Benue state House of Assembly under the All Progressives Congress, APC, have served impeachment notice to the Governor of the state, Samuel Ortom. The lawmakers who sat in the state’s Assembly complex on Monday, 30th July,…

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