8 APC Lawmakers Backed By Police Take Over Benue Assembly, To Impeach Gov. Ortom

Benue Governor

Looks like Nigeria's democracy will be ridiculed by the present police authorities in Abuja with the way they are 'acting'. A detachment of armed mobile policemen, believed to have been drawn from Abuja, have reportedly connived with minority lawmakers to take over Benue House of Assembly complex, in a bid to impeach the governor.

An impeachment notice has been served to the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, by 8 out of 30 lawmakers in the state's House of Assembly who took over the premises of the state parliament with the support of the police.

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"You Praised Me Yesterday, Where Is Your Honour?" - Gov. Ortom Replies Oshiomhole

Oshiomhole & Gov Ortom

In his response to claims by APC national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole that the party would be defeated if he's fielded in 2019, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State expressed surprise that barely one week after Oshiomhole described him as “a star of the APC”, he was now casting aspersions on him.

Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akasee, Ortom said, “If Oshiomhole was a man of honour, he would have held on to his words when he described Governor Ortom as a star of the party. Governor Ortom did an amnesty programme, where thousands of youths were disarmed and over 1,000 arms were recovered.

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