Tag: Ortom
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Wike: Killing Ortom could plunge Nigeria into civil war
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has warned the Federal Government that killing Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom could lead to a civil war. Suspected herdsmen opened fire on Ortom’s convoy on Saturday with the governor escaping death. Fifteen gunmen had trailed him to a river bank in Tyo Mu along Makurdi/Gboko road in Makurdi…
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Attack: ‘I ran more than one and a half kilometres without stopping,’ Ortom recounts near death experience
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Saturday recounted his experience after surviving a deadly attack on his convoy by armed Fulani herdsmen. The governor also called on President Muhammadu Buhari and security agencies to fish out the criminals terrorising the state. Ortom narrated his experience to newsmen in Makurdi, the Benue State Capital. He was…
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BREAKING: Governor Ortom escapes death as gunmen open fire on his convoy
Reports reaching TheNewsGuru.com.com has it that gunmen on Saturday afternoon attacked the Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom. According to reports, the attack happened at Tyo Mu along Makurdi/Gboko road in Makurdi Local Government Area of the state. Governor Ortom was said to be on his way to Makurdi when the gunmen opened fire on his…
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Ortom denies building ethanol producing company in Benue
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue on Monday said he was not building any ethanol producing company in the state. Ortom made the clarification when he visited Pure Biotech Company Limited at Tyo-Mo, a settlement in Makurdi, the state capital. He said that he had nothing to do with the company and was surprised to hear…
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Ortom blows hot, says no more amnesty for criminals in Benue
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Saturday averred that there is no more amnesty for criminals in the state. The Governor who spoke at the burial of Terkura Suswam at Anyinne also bemoaned the conspiracy of silence among the people which he said was making the crisis to rage unabated. Terkura Suswam, the elder brother…
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Killers of Suswam’s elder brother won’t escape justice – Ortom
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has reacted to the killing of Terkura Suswam, elder brother to immediate past governor of the state and incumbent Senator representing Benue North East, Senator Gabriel Suswam saying the killers must be apprehended. The Governor in a statement signed on Wednesday by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase said…
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![AK-47 Controversy: Peace at last as Ortom, Bala Mohammed reconcile, embrace [Photo]](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ortom-Bala.jpg)
AK-47 Controversy: Peace at last as Ortom, Bala Mohammed reconcile, embrace [Photo]
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed and his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom have settled their differences over comments made on AK-47 amid the security situation in the country. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Mohammed had on February 12 said Fulani herders have no option but to carry AK-47 for self-defence because they are being attacked and…
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Bala and Ortom: Time for Statesmanship, By Issa Aremu
It amounts to saying the obvious to accept that Governor Bala Mohammed (born 5 October 1958) is the 4th democratically elected governor of Bauchi State. Similarly it is an open knowledge that Samuel Ioraer Ortom (born 23 April,1961) is the third elected governor of Benue State in the current democratic dispensation. But that is where…
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![Insecurity: Herdsmen will drag Nigeria into another civil war if you don’t act fast, Ortom writes Buhari [Full Letter]](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/buhari-and-Ortom.jpg)
Insecurity: Herdsmen will drag Nigeria into another civil war if you don’t act fast, Ortom writes Buhari [Full Letter]
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to act swiftly before the killer herdsmen drag the nation into another civil war. In a letter to the president, Governor Ortom said the security challenges faced by the country have assumed new dimensions where the now emboldened assailants and armed herdsmen daringly enforce their…
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Killer herdsmen: Ortom is Ortom’s problem, not Buhari, three CSOs attack Benue gov
Three civil society groups have condemned the attack on President Muhammadu Buhari by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue over the activities of criminal herdsmen in the country. The groups are Nigeria Project Initiative; Initiative to Save Democracy and Global Economic Policy Initiative. Ortom was reported to have accused the president of being “lenient’’ towards criminal…