Presidency Breaks Silence, Accuses Ortom Of Inciting Religious, Ethinic War

The presidency yesterday fired again at Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, saying the governor is inciting spiritual and ethnic battle together with his utterances.

Based on it, Ortom has few political rules, and he has demonstrated this by altering political events 5 instances throughout his undistinguished profession.

 

Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a press release, stated each time the governor feels the wind could also be blowing in a sure course, he follows it.

 

Shehu famous sadly for the nice residents of Benue State, probably the most harmful course the governor blows in immediately is that of sectarianism and ethnicity.

 

He stated, “In an try to spice up his sinking political fortunes, Ortom takes the most cost effective and lowest route doable by enjoying on ethnic themes – and in doing so knowingly causes deaths of innocent Nigerians by inciting farmers towards herders, and Christians towards Muslims.

“Particularly, Ortom stirs up hatred by concentrating on one single ethnic group in Nigeria – utilizing language harking back to the Rwandan genocide.

 

“As was the case in Rwanda the place the then Hutu leaders of the nation incited their countrymen towards every other, claiming there was a “secret Tutsi agenda” over the Hutu, Ortom claims there’s a “secret Fulanization agenda” over different ethnic teams in his state and in Nigeria. This can be a copy of the language of Hutu Energy – which falsely, and deliberately, accused the Rwandan Tutsi of plans to dominate the nation.

 

“This depraved speak is aimed toward giving cowl to his so-called “coverage” on the Ranches Institution Regulation – which in actuality is solely an act of denial of the regulation – supposed to withhold rights and freedoms from one ethnic group alone, while inciting race hatred towards them amongst all others.”

 

Shehu additional famous that Ortoms actions usually are not these of a man who should be trusted with working public companies or holding public workplace.

 

He continued: “For the governor of a serious state in Nigeria to be politically pushed by ethnic hatred is a stain on our nation.

 

“The nice and fair-minded folks of Benue State deserve greater than this, and we look ahead to the following elections after they have a possibility to revive its greatness.”