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If Anything Happens To Gov Ortom, Nigeria Will Be History – Wike Warns

by Victor Ndubuisi
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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has reacted to the attack on his Benue counterpart, Samuel Ortom, on Saturday.

Governor Ortom was attacked earlier on Saturday by suspected herdsmen while visiting a farm in Makurdi.

But his security detail was able to repel them.

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Mr. Ortom said he ran for “more than one and a half kilometers without stopping” to escape the assault.

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“If you kill Ortom, then be prepared to bury Nigeria,” Mr. Wike said, according to a statement signed by his spokesman, Kelvin Ebiri.

“If anything happens to Governor Ortom, the Federal Government will be held responsible and they should be prepared that there will be no more Nigeria.”

According to the statement, Wike also recalled how the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Major General Jamil Sarham, and All Progressives Congress chieftains had concluded plans to assassinate him during the 2019 general election.

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He added that the growing trend where the lives of incumbent governors are brazenly threatened was disturbing.

However, in a related story, Governor Wike of Rivers State and Ahmed Fintiri of Adamawa have reconciled Governors Samuel Ortom of Benue State and Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state following their recent war of words over insecurity in the country.

The two governors clashed over a comment made by Mohammed that Fulani herdsmen should be allowed to carry AK-47 with them for their self-protection.

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While addressing newsmen recently in Makurdi on the state of security, Governor Ortom slammed the Bauchi governor for supporting suspected killer herdsmen to carry arms at the expense of other Nigerians.

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However, the conflict was resolved in Port Harcourt on Tuesday following the intervention of Wike and Fintiri.

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Briefing journalists after the meeting which held at the private residence of Governor Wike, Mohammed said the outburst between him and Ortom was regrettable.

“We don’t mean to divide the country, to divide our people. We are still friends and brothers and that we will move forward because most of those issues are fully resolved.

“I want to seize this opportunity to tell Nigerians that whatever misconception that is there, that me and my brother Ortom are having problem or anybody in Nigeria is not true.

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“What happened was just an explanation that emanated from a larger Governors’ Forum that we spoke on the security of the nation and we talked of the failure of security infrastructure which everybody knows is under the purview of the federal government,” Mohammed said.

 

 

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