Benue State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, Mr John Ngbede, says Gov. Samuel Ortom has tremendous respect for President Muhammadu Buhari, but cannot keep quiet when his people are gruesomely murdered.
Ngbede disclosed this on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 while reacting to the Press Conference organised by the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Special Duties, Sen. George Akume who called for the declaration of the State of emergency in Benue since Governor Ortom was overwhelmed by insecurity on Monday in Abuja.
Addressing newsmen at the State party secretariat, the PDP State chairman described it as a wrong submission by the APC members in the State. Ngbede said that what the Governor did was not disrespecting but to ensure that the president lives up to expectations by protecting the lives and property of Nigerians.
According to the party chairman, “The Govermor, Samuel Ortom has tremendous respect but this respect cannot exempt the president from discharging his constitutional responsibilities nor the governor from respectfully calling on him to live up to the duties of his office.
“When sick and hospitalized in 2017, the Benue State Government in conjunction with the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), organised a three-Day Prayer and Fasting session from 12th-14th May 2017 for the recovery of President Buhari.
“Governor Ortom was also part of a six-man delegation of Governors that visited the president on his hospital bed in London. On his return, the Governor called on all Nigerians to pray for the president, stating that, “when the president is sick, the whole Country is sick.”
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