Fire brand social critic and retired Assistant Inspector General of
Police, Abubakar Tsav has declared that governor Samuel Ortom is laying a
very dangerous precedence to governance and by so doing digging his own
grave.
The former Assistant Inspector General of Police who made this
declaration in response to the current probe instituted against former
Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam also lamented that people who
should caution and advise the governor are not doing so but rather
clapping for, and praising Ortom to high heavens.
Tsav who made this declaration in a press release further advised Ortom
that the situation may repeat when the governor vacates office as his
followers could desert him and his successor may also probe him.
“Tomorrow the situation may boomerang and the same people may desert and
abandon him like caterpillar for a greener tree with fresh leafs. Some of
our Elders don’t even think of the future. To them, the present is more
exacting; Why think of the future? But that future must come”. Tsav
warned.
Taking a swipe at Ortom he described the current probe as ignorance and
over-excitement of being a Governor and advised that people who should
talk are not talking apparently because of the benefits they are deriving
from the probe. He thus predicted that “Tomorrow the hunter may be hunted
and there may be gnashing of teeth”.
While acknowledging the evils of corruption, the former Lagos State
police Commissioner however appealed that the fight should be fought with
a human face.
“In fighting corruption however, we should apply human face. Let us
emulate President Buhari in his fight against corruption. The other day,
former President Jonathan visited Buhari in Aso Rock. After a closed door
meeting, they came out beaming with smiles while Buhari saw Jonathan off.
This did not stop the President from probing Jonathan’s government. That
is how we expect Ortom to behave; after all, Suswam did not commit the
alleged offences against Ortom as a person. Why then should Suswam become
a nightmare to Gov Ortom?” He queried.