In the ruling, the court dismissed his ex parte motion seeking to stop Governor Hyacinth Alia from investigating him.
“Governors have introduced a human face to execution matters,’’
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 victims were residents who had fled their villages to state-run shelters following previous attacks that gripped the vast agrarian region in central Nigeria.
“As I talk to you, 18 local governments out of the 23 local governments we have in Benue state today are under siege by these terrorists Fulani herdsmen.”
“It is sad that the life of civil service in the state is near collapse. It’s in the ICU, so I just need to get in there and infuse life in it and keep it moving.”
He said that he decided to withdraw the petition despite glaring electoral malpractices.
Further investigation also revealed that he did not vote during the governorship and state assembly elections held on March 18, 2023.
Spokesperson of the Alia/Ode Campaign Organisation, Tersoo Kula, said the loan would deepen the debt profile of the state.
“The alliance should not be a parasitic type but a mutual one that will be beneficial to all,” added the YPP leader.
