May God make you succeed as leader, Gov Ortom tells Wike

BENUE State governor, Mr Samuel Ortom, has said that despite the utterances of Rivers State, Mr Nyeson Wike, against him, he would continue to pray for him (Wike) to succeed in the onerous task of governance.

Ortom reacted to Wike’s statement calling on Federal Government to declare state of emergency on Benue over the killings in the state, accusing governor Ortom of ‘ineptitude’.

Governor Ortom who said he has left Wike to his ‘conscience’ but said that Wike should realize that killings in Rivers were greater than that of Benue.

“It is laughable when I read Wike’s report, it is unfortunate that someone of his status will be making such outburst because there are more killings in Rivers than Benue’.

“In Rivers, there is no rule of law  but here in Benue there is rule of law, that is why we have taking proactive steps to stop the Fulani herdsmen attacks on our people.”

Governor Ortom said that at the time he assumed office, he inherited a state where everything was at comatose, adding that criminality was high, but added that with the steps his administration had taken,”@you all are witness to the fact that crime in the state has been reduced to barest minimum.”

“But as a leader with fear of God I will continue to pray for him, let God help him to succeed, I leave him with his conscience,” Ortom concluded.