Forrmer DG NAFDAC Dr Paul Orhii, during a solidarity visit on the Benue State Governor HE, Dr Samuel Ortom strongly condemned the assassination attempt on the Governor by suspected herdsmen militia at Tyo-Mu, along Makurdi-Gboko road.
He described it as an act that was capable of throwing the entire nation into total anarchy and also ridiculing the country’s security intelligence to the international community.
Dr Orhii, a frontline PDP aspirant in the 2023 Benue State Governorship race said that Governor Ortom had been steadfast and uncompromising in his lprimary responsibility of defending and protecting the life and property of his people even in the midst of threats and a series of backlashes from enemies of Benue State.
“I wonder what could become of an ordinary citizen in a sovereign state like Nigeria that boasts of a good number of security outfits with different operations scattered around the country if a sitting Governor is being ambushed by a sect of militia gang,” Dr Orhii was quoted to have said in a statement by
Nelson Fanen Ayôô on behalf of Orhii.
Read Orhii: “I am deeply saddened and have been greatly unsettled by the assassination attempt on the Governor.
“These kind of dastardly acts should have no place in any civilized society anywhere in the world. This is one attack too many and we are all saying “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.”
“I stand solidly with His Excellency Governor Samuel Ortom, his immediate family and the good people of Benue State at this very difficult trying time and I call on all well-meaning Nigerians to strongly condemn these barbaric terroristic acts.
“This calls for unity of purpose and all Benue people must rise up and speak with one voice regardless of ethnicity, political affiliation and religious persuasion. We must all work together to find a lasting solution to these persistent security challenges in the Benue valley.
“With the truth, justice and God on our side we will surely prevail in this contest. We must not rest until we get the Federal Government of Nigeria to rise up to its sworn responsibility of securing the lives and properties of its citizens in the Benue Valley and else where in Nigeria.
“The perpetrators of these evil acts must not go unpunished.”
The statement said that Orhii praised the gallantry of the security aides of the Governor that repelled the attack and advised Benue people to be security conscious, to shun political partisanship in situations like these and to rally around Governor Ortom against the common enemy.
Orhii, as reported, thanked God for sparing the lives of His Excellency Governor Ortom and all his courageous aides and assured the Governor of his support and prayers over his life and his family.
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