{"id":80505,"date":"2021-05-08T15:08:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T14:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=80505"},"modified":"2021-05-08T22:58:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T21:58:25","slug":"insecurity-ortom-attacks-fg-to-hide-his-failure-says-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/insecurity-ortom-attacks-fg-to-hide-his-failure-says-el-rufai\/","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity: Ortom attacks FG to hide his failure, says el-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, says his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, uses the insecurity in his state to attack the Federal<\/div>\n
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Government in order to cover up his own failure.
\nEl-Rufai, therefore, stated that he no longer takes Ortom seriously.<\/p>\n

The Kaduna governor said this while responding to a video showing Ortom addressing\u00a0protesters after some killings in Benue State.<\/p>\n

The video was played during a webinar organised by the Africa Leadership Group.<\/p>\n

Responding, el-Rufai said, \u201cI did not hear what Governor Ortom said (in the video) but I know him and he is not somebody I take very seriously,
\nfrankly. He has other issues of governance that he is using the Federal Government\u00a0as a punching bag to distract attention from his failures.<\/p>\n

\u201cGo and find out how many months\u2019 salaries are being owed teachers and public\u00a0servants in Benue State then you can understand a lot of what
\nOrtom is doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

El-Rufai, however, admitted that there is a fundamental problem with the capacity\u00a0of the Armed Forces and the police.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a serious national problem. I wouldn\u2019t say we are totally helpless but we are in a situation where the Armed Forces and the police have lost significant confidence in themselves and their institutions,\u201d he\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

The governor said security agents need more weapons and there is a need to\u00a0increase the number of operatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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