The embattled governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, is in for bigger
\nproblems as his estranged god father,\u00a0 Senator George Akume,\u00a0 has
\nthreatened to exposed the governor’s massive looting and as well set the
\nEFCC after his accomplices that had earlier been interrogated for stealing
\nby the anti graft agency.<\/p>\n
The whole incident happened at about\u00a01am<\/span><\/span>\u00a0today during a meeting which was At the meeting, Akange Audu, whose wife is presently the chairperson of Specifically,\u00a0 Akange Audu mentioned the issue of replacing Ortom with Just as Audu who was to be a mediator at the meeting had finished, According to Ortom, he could no longer tolerate all the public insults Immediately Ortom had finished, a visibly angry Akume raised his voice and Akume said:”You (Ortom) are a bastard.\u00a0 You this idiot that I picked from “I have been hearing that you said you want to leave the APC just because “You are a thief. You eat all the monies meant for salaries payment and “I also heard that you go about telling people that I use to insult you “The last time, you,\u00a0 your permanent secretary and brother-in-law stole While Akume was saying all these,\u00a0 Ortom stood up angrily and said: “I In his response,\u00a0 Akume asked the governor to mention any money he had While reacting to that,\u00a0 Ortom said: “I have been eating the stolen funds On his own,\u00a0 Akume said: “You forgot how you ran to me recently that your “You forget that it was me that helped you talk to the Vice President Realising that he couldn’t broker peace between the governor and Senator Waiting for the trio at the larger waiting room were a former deputy On getting to the larger stakeholders meeting, Akume stood up and said He pressed further that he is ready to sacrifice his return to the Senate Nigerian Concord Newspaper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The embattled governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, is in for bigger problems as his estranged god father,\u00a0 Senator George Akume,\u00a0 has threatened to exposed the governor’s massive looting and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\narranged at the Presidential Lodge of the Benue government house in
\nMakurdi by a former permanent secretary (Establishment),\u00a0 Mr. Akange Audu,
\nto broker peace between Governor Ortom and Senator Akume.<\/p>\n
\nMakurdi Local Government, said that it became imperative for him to invite
\nthe duo of Ortom and Akume in order to find a lasting solution to the
\ninternal crisis which has been going on between the two of them.<\/p>\n
\nEmmanuel Jime as the APC flag bearer in 2019 among other issues that must
\nbe resolved at the meeting.<\/p>\n
\nGovernor Samuel Ortom signified his intention to talk, and said that he
\nwas ready to leave the APC for Akume and his people if that would give him
\nback his peace.<\/p>\n
\nwhich he said Akume had been giving to him since the issue of salary
\ncrisis started.<\/p>\n
\ntonguelashed the governor by saying several derogatory words to him in the
\npresence of Akange Audu who sat down helplessly.<\/p>\n
\nthe gutter. You are an ordinary criminal that was disgraced in 2014 but I
\nmade sure you became governor on a platter of gold.<\/p>\n
\nI have found a better candidate. Jime is going to represent APC at the
\nelection and I dare you to leave the party. If you are sure that you can
\nleave the party peacefully,\u00a0 then try it and see what I will do to you and
\nyour brother-in-law (Oliver Mtom)<\/p>\n
\nyet you will go about and lie that I,\u00a0 Akume,\u00a0 is the reason you cannot
\npay salaries.\u00a0 Leave the party and see if I will not expose you.<\/p>\n
\nanytime I drink alcohol and get drunk. You that call yourself a man of God
\nand someone who doesn’t drink,\u00a0 aren’t you fetish? You call yourself a
\nholy man but you are into cultism and fetish stuffs. A man of God who has
\nbeen stealing, stealing and stealing. I shall expose you,\u00a0 you just try
\nand leave the party first.<\/p>\n
\nN22 billion and you lied to me that it was N18 billion when you needed me
\nto intervene so that the EFCC could drop their investigations. You forget
\nthat it was during the EFCC investigation that they discovered all the N22
\nbillion from the bank accounts of your wife’s brother and other two
\npeople. You just try and…..”<\/p>\n
\nagree that I am a thief.\u00a0 I agree that I steal. I agree that I am a common
\ncriminal like you have said but I want you to know that I use to give you
\nyour own share from the stolen funds. You have been getting your own fair
\nshare”<\/p>\n
\ngiven him from the stolen funds since he became governor.<\/p>\n
\nwith you and your family. Your wife (Regina Akume) who is presently in
\nGermany now,\u00a0 I gave her N8 million when she wanted to go on the trip.
\nWhere did I get that N8 million from or do I earn N8 million as my salary?
\nI am ready to leave your party for you if that will make you happy”<\/p>\n
\npermanent secretary had been arrested by the EFCC over the N22 billion
\nwhich some people including your brother-in-law helped you to withdraw
\nfrom the state government bank accounts even though you lied to me that it
\nwas N18 billion.<\/p>\n
\n(Yemi Osinbajo) who asked the EFCC to release your permanent secretary on
\nbail and also suspend their investigations. You forget that it was when
\nthe vice president invited the EFCC chairman,\u00a0 Ibrahim Magu, to plead with
\nhim that the EFCC boss revealed that the money was actually N22 billion
\nand not the N18 billion that you mentioned to me”<\/p>\n
\nAkume, the mediator,\u00a0 Akange Audu, advised that they should go to the
\nlarger waiting room of the lodge where some other party stakeholders were
\nwaiting for them so they could throw the matter open.<\/p>\n
\ngovernor of the state, Mr. Steven Lawani, Speaker of the State House of
\nAssembly,\u00a0 Hon. Terkimbir Ikyange, Chief Mike Iyortye and some others.<\/p>\n
\nthat he would never sit down with ” this criminal” (pointing to Ortom) in
\nhis life again.<\/p>\n
\nrather that sit down with the governor or even allow him to fly the
\nparty’s flag in 2019. He then walked out of the meeting.<\/p>\n