Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, has clarified his statement on citizens “drinking beer from 9am” and sleeping all day, yet blame him for not helping them.
Ortom was said to have made the çomment on Friday when commissioning the new building of RCN Embassy Church in Makurdi, Benue state capital.
Clarifying the comment, the governor in a statement on Saturday, through Nathaniel Ikyur, his chief press secretary, said the remark was directed at members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue.
The statement reads: “We wish to state categorically that the news, especially the caption is a completely mischievous misrepresentation and an attempt to ridicule the person of the governor,”
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“The Governor was clear that most Benue people know and do appreciate the great developmental strides he is doing for them. He regretted that some of those who insult, blackmail, or castigate him unnecessarily, specifically are a few and from the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC who sit in beer parlours for long hours and have conditioned their minds to malign him no matter how much he has done.
“He was clear how these APC supporters do that without cogent or issue-based criticisms but simply out of mischief. He was also clear that critics of his administration should offer constructive criticisms as he does to the federal government.
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“At that function in question, which was the Dedication and Inaugural Service of RCN Embassy Church, Makurdi, Governor Ortom specifically asked the people of Benue State and indeed Nigerians to continue to pray for him and other leaders including President Muhammadu Buhari rather than always criticising him. He quoted from the Bible where the scriptures asked Christians to pray for their leaders and all those in authority.”
